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3.5

      孟子曰:“尊贤使能,俊杰在位,则天
下之士皆悦而愿立于其朝矣。市廛而不征[1],
法而不廛[2],则天下之商皆悦而愿藏于其市
矣。关讥[3]而不征,则天下之旅皆悦,而愿
出于其路矣。耕者助而不税[4],则天下之农
皆悦而愿耕于其野矣。廛无夫里之布[5],则
天下之民皆悦而愿为之氓[6]矣。信能行此五
者,则邻国之民仰之若父母矣。率其子弟,
攻其父母,自生民以来,未有能济[7]者也。
如此,则无敌于天下。无敌于天下者,天吏[8]
也。然而不王者,未之有也。”

      Mencius said, “If a ruler give honour to men
of talents and virtue and employ the able, so that
offices shall all be filled by individuals of distinction
and mark; —then all the scholars of the kingdom
will be pleased, and wish to stand in his court. If, in

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