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孙
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孟子自齐葬于鲁［1］，反于齐，止于嬴［2］。
充虞［3］请曰：“前日不知虞之不肖，使
虞敦［4］匠事。严［5］，虞不敢请。今愿窃有请也，
木若以美［6］然。”
曰：“古者棺椁无度，中古棺七寸，椁称之。
自天子达于庶人，非直为观美也，然后尽于
人心。不得，不可以为悦；无财，不可以为悦。
得之为有财，古之人皆用之，吾何为独不然？
且比化者［7］，无使土亲肤，于人心独无 ［8］
乎？吾闻之君子：不以天下俭其亲。”
Mencius went from Qi to Lu to bury his mother.
On his return to Qi, he stopped at Ying.
Chong Yu begged to put a question to him, and
said, “Formerly, in ignorance of my incompetency,
you employed me to superintend the making of the
coffin. As you were then pressed by the urgency of
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