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孟子曰：“易其田畴［1］，薄其税敛，民
可使富也。食之以时，用之以礼，财不可胜
用也。民非水火不生活，昏暮叩人之门户求
水火，无弗与者，至足矣。圣人治天下，使
有菽粟［2］如水火。菽粟如水火，而民焉有不
仁者乎？”
Mencius said, “Let it be seen to that their
fields of grain and hemp are well cultivated, and
make the taxes on them light; —so the people may
be made rich. Let it be seen to that the people use
their resources of food seasonably, and expend their
wealth only on the prescribed ceremonies; —so their
wealth will be more than can be consumed. The
people cannot live without water and fire, yet if you
knock at a man’s door in the dusk of the evening,
and ask for water and fire, there is no man who will
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