Mencius. Translation of the sixth chapter of Teng Wengong

Mencius said to Dai Busheng, "Do you want your king to be good? I tell you clearly.

For example, there is a doctor in the Chu State who wants his son to learn to speak the Qi language, so is it better to find someone from the Qi State to teach him? Or is it better to find someone from the Chu State to teach him? Dai Busheng said

Find someone from Qi to teach him. ”

Mencius said: "If a person from Qi comes to teach him, but there are many people from Chu who are around him and obstruct him, even if you whip him every day and ask him to speak Qi, it will be impossible." On the other hand, if you take him to the State of Qi and live in a certain market in the State of Qi, such as a place called Zhuang Yue, and live there for a few years, then even if you whip him every day and ask him to speak the Chu language, it will be impossible.

You said that Xue Juzhou was a good man and asked him to live in the palace. If the people in the palace, regardless of age or status, are good people like Xue Juzhou, then who does the king do bad things with? On the contrary, if the people in the palace, regardless of age or status, are not good people like Xue Juzhou, then who will the king do good deeds with?

What can a single Xue Juzhou do to King Song? ”

Mencius said that Dai was invincible.

Original text: Mencius said that Dai Busheng said: "The king of the son wants to be good?

I tell the son. With Doctor Chu here, if he wants his son's Qi language, then make Qi people Fu Zhu? Make the Chu people Fu Zhu?

He said: "Make Qi people Fu Zhi." "Said:

All the people are Fu Zhi, and all the Chu people are angry, although they are seeking Qi Qi every day, they can't get it. It has been placed between Zhuang Yue for several years, although it is difficult to seek its treasure, it cannot be obtained. The son is called Xue Juzhou, and the good man also makes him live in the king's place.

Those who are in the king's place, the elder, the youngest, the lowest, and the respectful are all Xue Juzhou, who is not good to the king? In the king's house, the elder, the young, the lowly, and the respect are not Xue Juzhou, who is the king and the good? 1. Xue Juzhou is as unique as the king of Song?

Translation: Mencius said to Dai Busheng, "Do you want your king to be wise?"

I tell you clearly. There is a Chu State ** here, I hope his son can speak Qi State, so why not find someone from Qi to teach, or find someone from Chu to teach? "I can't get enough of it:

Find Qi people to teach. Mencius said: "When a Qi man came to teach him, many Chu people interfered with him, even if he was whipped every day to make him speak Qi language, it was impossible."

If you take him to live in the downtown areas of Zhuang and Yue for a few years, even if you whip him every day to make him speak Chu dialect, it is impossible. You said that Xue Juzhou was a very good person and let him live in the palace. If in the royal palace, the old, the young, the low-status, and the high-status are all good people like Xue Juzhou, then who does the king do bad things with?

If in the royal palace, the old, the young, the low-status, and the high-ranking are not good people like Xue Juzhou, then with whom does the king do good deeds? What can a Xue Juzhou do to King Song? ”

Classical Chinese translation: "Mencius vs. Teng Wengong" is as follows.

Teng Wengong asked: "Teng, a small country is also inferior to Qi and Chu. What is the matter? What's going on? ”

Mencius said, "It is beyond my reach." If there is no more, there is a way: digging a pool, building a city, guarding it with the people, and serving the people and the people will go, it is also possible. ”

Notes] between: in between.

Thing: For service, here it means to belong.

Pool: Moat.

Effect: dedication, dedication.

FF: No. [Translation].

Teng Wengong asked: "Teng is a small country, sandwiched between Qi and Chu, take refuge in Qi or Chu?" ”

Mencius said, "This decision is not within my reach. I must say that there is only one way: dig deep into the moat, build this wall, and defend the city and the country together with the people, and the people would rather give their lives than flee, then this will be easy to do. ”

The original text and translation of "Mencius Chapters and Sentences Tengwen Gongxia" are as follows:

Original text: Chen Dai said: "If you don't see the princes, you should be small; At first sight, the big one is the king, and the small one is the hegemon.

And the "Chronicles" said: 'Seek in vain.' 'It should be done.

Mencius said: "In the past, Qi Jing Gongtian, recruit Yu people to fight, if you don't come, you will kill them." The heroes do not forget to be in the ravines, and the warriors do not forget to lose their yuan.

Confucius ridiculed? If you don't take it, you can't do it. If you don't wait for them to go, why not?

And the husband is in vain and seeks directly, and Eli Yan also. If it is profitable, then it is in vain to find a ruler and benefit, can it also be used with? ”

Translation: Chen Dai said: "It seems too stingy not to meet the princes; Now when you meet the princes once, you can implement benevolent government in the world, and you can dominate China if you are small.

Moreover, the "Chronicles" says: 'Bend a foot, and you can straighten it.'" Looks like I should give it a try.

Mencius said: "In the past, Qi Jinggong hunted in the field, and used Jing to summon the little official in charge of the mountain and Zetian hunting, but if the little official did not go, Jing Gong was ready to kill him. Men of lofty ideals stick to integrity and are not afraid of abandoning corpses in ravines; Warriors are brave and courageous, and they are not afraid to abandon their heads.

What did Confucius value about this little auspicious officer? It's that he values that he is not the gift of the calling that he should receive, and he insists on not going. If I don't wait for the princes to call me and go, then who am I?

And the so-called bending a foot, which can be straightened, is completely considered from the aspect of profit. If it is mercenary, then even if it is bent to straighten a foot, there is a small profit, can't you do it? ”