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he again visited Mencius. Mencius said to him,
“Prince, do you doubt my words? The path is one,
and only one. Cheng Gan said to duke Jing of Qi,
‘They were men. I am a man. Why should I stand
in awe of them?’ Yan Yuan said, ‘What kind of man
was Shun? What kind of man am I? He who exerts
himself will also become such as he was. ’ Gongming
Yi said, ‘King Wen is my teacher. How should the
duke of Zhou deceive me by those words?’ Now,
Teng, taking its length with its breadth, will amount,
I suppose, to fifty li. It is small, but still sufficient to
make a good State. It is said in the Book of History, ‘If
medicine do not raise a commotion in the patient, his
disease will not be cured by it. ’ ”

【注释】[1]世子:王公诸侯的嗣子。[2]成
覸(ji3n):齐国的勇士。[3]公明仪:鲁国
贤人,曾子的学生。[4]瞑眩:指用药之后
头晕目眩的反应。[5]瘳(ch4u):病愈。

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