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plunderers are coming; —why not leave this?’ Zi-
si said, “If I go away, whom will the prince have to
guard the state with?”
Mencius said, “The philosophers Zeng and Zi-
si agreed in the principle of their conduct. Zeng was
a teacher; —in the place of a father or elder brother.
Zisi was a minister; —in a meaner place. If the
philosophers Zeng and Zisi had exchanged places,
the one would have done what the other did.”
【注释】［1］武城：地名，在今山东费县西南。［2］
沈犹行：人名，曾子的学生。［3］负刍（ch%）：
指砍柴打草，一说为人名。负刍之祸指砍柴
打草的穷人们起来造反，或指一位叫负刍的
人发动的叛乱。
【译文】曾子住在武城，有越国的流寇侵犯。
有人说：“流寇来了，何不离开呢？”
（曾子）说：“不要让人住我的房子，
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