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子
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滕文公问曰：“齐人将筑薛［1］，吾甚恐，
如之何则可？”
孟子对曰：“昔者大王居邠［2］，狄人侵之，
去之岐山之下居焉。非择而取之，不得已也。
苟为善，后世子孙必有王者矣。君子创业垂统，
为可继也。若夫成功，则天也。君如彼何哉？
强为善而已矣。”
The duke Wen of Teng asked Mencius, saying,
“The people of Qi are going to fortify Xue. The
movement occasions me great alarm. What is the
proper course for me to take in the case?”
Mencius replied, “Formerly, when king Tai
dwelt in Bin, the barbarians of the north were
continually making incursions upon it. He therefore
left it, went to the foot of mount Qi, and there took
up his residence. He did not take that situation, as
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