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孟子见梁惠王,王立于沼[1]上,顾鸿雁
麋鹿,曰:“贤者亦乐此乎?”
孟子对曰:“贤者而后乐此,不贤者虽
有此,不乐也。《诗》云:‘经始灵台[2],
经 之 营 之, 庶 民 攻[3] 之, 不 日[4] 成 之。 经
始勿亟[5],庶民子来。王在灵囿[6], 鹿[7]
攸伏, 鹿濯濯[8],白鸟鹤鹤[9]。王在灵沼,
於 [10]鱼跃。’文王以民力为台为沼。而民
欢乐之,谓其台曰‘灵台’,谓其沼曰‘灵沼’,
乐其有麋鹿鱼鳖。古之人与民偕乐,故能乐也。
《汤誓》曰:‘时日害丧[11]?予及女[12]偕亡。’
民欲与之偕亡,虽有台池鸟兽,岂能独乐哉?”
Mencius, another day, saw King Hui of Liang.
The king went and stood with him by a pond, and,
looking round at the large geese and deer, said, “Do
wise and good princes also find pleasure in these
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