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12.10

      白圭[1]曰:“吾欲二十而取一,何如?”
      孟子曰:“子之道,貉[2]道也。万室之国,
一人陶,则可乎?”
      曰:“不可,器不足用也。”
      曰:“夫貉,五谷不生,惟黍生之。无城郭、
宫室、宗庙、祭祀之礼,无诸侯币帛饔飧[3],
无百官有司,故二十取一而足也。今居中国,
去人伦,无君子[4],如之何其可也?陶以寡,
且不可以为国,况无君子乎?欲轻之于尧、
舜之道者,大貉小貉也;欲重之于尧、舜之
道者,大桀小桀也。”

      Bai Gui said, “I want to take a twentieth of the
produce only as the tax. What do you think of it?”

      Mencius said, “Your way would be that of the
Mo. In a country of ten thousand families, would it
do to have only one potter?”

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