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梁
惠
王
上
家可以无饥矣；谨庠序之教，申之以孝悌之
义，颁白者不负戴于道路矣。七十者衣帛食肉，
黎民不饥不寒，然而不王［6］者，未之有也。
“狗彘食人食而不知检，涂有饿莩［7］而
不 知 发； 人 死， 则 曰：‘ 非 我 也， 岁 也。’
是何异于刺人而杀之，曰：‘非我也，兵也。’
王无罪岁，斯天下之民至焉。”
King Hui of Liang said, “Small as my virtue
is, in the government of my kingdom, I do indeed
exert my mind to the utmost. If the year be bad
on the inside of the river, I remove as many of the
people as I can to the east of the river, and convey
grain to the country in the inside. When the year is
bad on the east of the river, I act on the same plan.
On examining the government of the neighboring
kingdoms, I do not find that there is any prince who
exerts his mind as I do. And yet the people of the
neighboring kingdoms do not decrease, nor do my
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