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孟子曰：“居下位而不获于上［1］，民不
可得而治也。获于上有道：不信于友，弗获
于上矣；信于友有道：事亲弗悦，弗信于友矣；
悦亲有道：反身不诚，不悦于亲矣；诚身有道：
不明乎善，不诚其身矣。是故诚者，天之道也；
思诚者，人之道也。至诚而不动者，未之有也；
不诚，未有能动者也。”

Mencius said, “When those occupying inferior
situations do not obtain the confidence of the
sovereign, they cannot succeed in governing the
people. There is a way to obtain the confidence of
the sovereign: —if one is not trusted by his friends,
he will not obtain the confidence of his sovereign.
There is a way of being trusted by one’s friends: —
if one do not serve his parents so as to make them
pleased, he will not be trusted by his friends. There

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