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徐子［1］曰：“仲尼亟［2］称于水，曰：‘水
哉，水哉！’何取于水也？”
孟子曰：“原泉混混［3］，不舍昼夜。盈
科［4］而后进，放乎四海，有本者如是，是之
取尔［5］。苟为无本，七八月之间雨集，沟浍［6］
皆盈；其涸也，可立而待也。故声闻［7］过情，
君子耻之。”
The disciple Xu said, “Zhongni often praised
water, saying, ‘O water! O water!’ What did he find
in water to praise?”
Mencius replied, “There is a spring of water;
how it gushes out! It rests not day nor night. It fills
up every hole, and then advances, flowing onto the
four seas. Such is water having a spring! It was this
which he found in it to praise. But suppose that the
water has no spring. In the seventh and eighth when
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