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孟子谓戴不胜［1］曰：“子欲子之王之善
与？我明告子。有楚大夫于此，欲其子之齐
语也，则使齐人傅［2］诸？使楚人傅诸？”
曰：“使齐人傅之。”
曰：“一齐人傅之，众楚人咻［3］之，虽
日挞而求其齐也，不可得矣；引而置之庄岳［4］
之间数年，虽日挞而求其楚，亦不可得矣。
子谓薛居州［5］，善士也，使之居于王所。在
于王所者，长幼卑尊，皆薛居州也，王谁与
为不善？在王所者，长幼卑尊，皆非薛居州也，
王谁与为善？一薛居州，独如宋王何？”
Mencius said to Dai Busheng, “I see that you
are desiring your king to be virtuous, and will plainly
tell you how he may be made so. Suppose that there
is a great officer of Chu here, who wishes his son to
learn the speech of Qi. Will he in that case employ a
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