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孟子曰：“不仁者可与言哉？安其危而
利其菑［1］，乐［2］其所以亡者。不仁而可与言，
则何亡国败家之有？有孺子歌［3］曰：‘沧浪［4］
之水清兮，可以濯我缨［5］；沧浪之水浊兮，
可以濯我足。’孔子曰：‘小子听之！清斯濯缨，
浊斯濯足矣，自取之也。’夫人必自侮，然
后人侮之；家必自毁，而后人毁之；国必自伐，
而后人伐之。《太甲》曰：‘天作孽，犹可违；
自作孽，不可活。’此之谓也。”
Mencius said, “How is it possible to speak
with those princes who are not benevolent? Their
perils they count safety, their calamities they count
profitable, and they have pleasure in the things by
which they perish. If it were possible to talk with
them who so violate benevolence, how could we
have such destruction of states and ruin of families?
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