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子
8.2
子产听郑国之政，以其乘舆济人于溱、
洧［1］。孟子曰：“惠［2］而不知为政。岁十一
月徒杠［3］成，十二月舆梁［4］成，民未病涉也。
君子平其政，行辟［5］人可也，焉得人人而济
之？故为政者，每人而悦之，日亦不足矣。”
When Zichan was chief minister of the state
of Zheng, he would convey people across the Zhen
and Wei in his own carriage. Mencius said, “It was
kind, but showed that he did not understand the
practice of government. When in the eleventh month
of the year the foot-bridges are completed, and the
carriage-bridges in the twelfth month, the people
have not the trouble of wading. Let a governor
conduct his rule on principles of equal justice, and,
when he goes abroad, he may cause people to be
removed out of his path. But how can he convey
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