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? 孟
子
曰：“然则舜伪喜者与？”
曰：“否。昔者有馈生鱼于郑子产，子
产使校人［7］畜之池。校人烹之，反命曰：‘始
舍之圉圉［8］焉，少则洋洋［9］焉，攸然而逝。’
子产曰：‘得其所哉！得其所哉！’校人出，曰：
‘孰谓子产智？予既烹而食之，曰：得其所哉，
得其所哉。’故君子可欺以其方［10］，难罔［11］
以非其道。彼以爱兄之道来，故诚信而喜之，
奚伪焉？”
Wan Zhang asked Mencius, saying, “It is
said in the Book of Poetry, ‘In marrying a wife,
how ought a man to proceed? He must inform his
parents.’ If the rule be indeed as here expressed,
no man ought to have illustrated it so well as Shun.
How was it that Shun’s marriage took place without
his informing his parents?”
Mencius replied, “If he had informed them,
he would not have been able to marry. That male
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