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nothing of which you might speak?”
On this, Qi Wa remonstrated on some matter
with the king, and, his counsel not being taken,
resigned his office and went away.
The people of Qi said, “In the course which he
marked out for Qi Wa he did well, but we do not
know as to the course which he pursues for himself.”
His disciple Gongdu told him these remarks.
Mencius said, “I have heard that he who is
in charge of an office, when he is prevented from
fulfilling its duties, ought to take his departure, and
that he on whom is the responsibility of giving his
opinion, when he finds his words unattended to,
ought to do the same. But I am in charge of no office;
on me devolves no duty of speaking out my opinion:
—may not I therefore act freely and without any
constraint, either in going forward or in retiring?”
【注释】［1］蚳（ch!）蛙：齐国大夫。［2］灵丘：
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