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?孟
子
贵为天子，而不足以解忧。人悦之、好色、
富贵，无足以解忧者，惟顺于父母，可以解忧。
人少，则慕父母；知好色，则慕少艾［9］；有
妻子，则慕妻子；仕则慕君，不得于君则热
中［10］。大孝终身慕父母。五十而慕者，予于
大舜见之矣。”
Wan Zhang asked Mencius, saying, “When
Shun went into the fields, he cried out and wept
towards the pitying heavens. Why did he cry out
and weep?”
Mencius replied, “He was dissatisfied, and full
of earnest desire.”
Wan Zhang said, “When his parents love
him, a son rejoices and forgets them not. When his
parents hate him, though they punish him, he does
not murmur. Was Shun then murmuring against his
parents?”
Mencius answered, “Chang Xi asked Gong-
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