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天与之，人与之，故曰：天子不能以天下与人。
舜相尧二十有八载，非人之所能为也，天也。
尧崩，三年之丧毕，舜避尧之子于南河［3］之南，
天下诸侯朝觐者，不之尧之子而之舜；讼狱［4］
者，不之尧之子而之舜；讴歌者，不讴歌尧
之子而讴歌舜，故曰天也。夫然后之中国［5］，
践天子位焉。而［6］居尧之宫，逼尧之子，是
篡也，非天与也。《太誓》曰‘天视自我民视，
天听自我民听’，此之谓也。”
Wan Zhang said, “Was it the case that Yao
gave the throne to Shun?”
Mencius said, “No. The sovereign cannot give
the throne to another.”
“Yes; —but Shun had the throne. Who gave it
to him?”
“Heaven gave it to him,” was the answer.
“ ‘Heaven gave it to him’, did Heaven confer its
appointment on him with specific injunctions?”
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