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孟子1)见2)梁3)惠王4)。
王曰：“叟5)不远千6)里7)而来8)，亦9)将10)有以利11)吾12)国13)乎？”
[Mandarin Chinese Reading] Mèngzǐ jiàn Liáng Huì wáng。
Wáng yuē：“Sǒu, bù yuǎn qiān lǐ ér lái，yì jiāng yǒu yǐ lì wú guó hū？”
[English Translation] Mencius saw the King Hui of Liang.
The King said, “Venerable sir, you have come, not regarding 1,000 li as too far. You are, indeed, going to have some means to profit my state, aren’t you, sir?”
孟子对14)曰：“王何15)必曰利？亦有仁义16)而已17)矣。王曰‘何以利吾国？’，大夫18)曰‘何以利吾家19)？’，士20)庶人21)曰‘何以利吾身？’，上22)下23)交24)征25)利而国危26)矣。”
[Mandarin Chinese Reading] Mèngzǐ duì yuē：“Wáng hé bì yuē lì？ Yì yǒu rén yì ér yǐ yǐ. Wáng yuē ‘hé yǐ lì wú guó？’，dà fū yuē ‘hé yǐ lì wú jiā？’，shì shù rén yuē ‘hé yǐ lì wú shēn？’， shàng xià jiāo zhēng lì ér guó wēi yǐ.”
[English Translation] Mencius replied, “Why must Your Majesty say profit? I indeed have Humaneness and Righteousness and that’s all. If Your Majesty say, ‘How can I profit my state?’, the high officers will say, ‘How can I profit my families?’, and the knights and common people will say, ‘How can I profit myself?’ The upper and lower classes will fight with each other for profit and the state will be endangered.”
1) 孟子: (Mèngzǐ). Mencius.
2) 见(見): (jiàn). to see.
3) 梁: (Liáng). The capital of Wèi (魏).
4) 惠王: (Huì wáng). The King Hui.
5) 叟: (sǒu). old man, venerable elder.
6) 千: (qiān). thousand (1,000).
7) 里: (lǐ). li (1/4 mile).
8) 来(來): (zhèng). to come.
9) 亦: (yì). also; indeed.
10) 将(將): (jiāng). will, to be going to.
11) 利: (lì). to profit.
12) 吾: (wú). my.
13) 国(國): (guó). state.
14) 对(對): (duì). to reply, to answer.
15) 何: (hé). what, why, how.
16) 义(義): (yì). Righteousness, Justice.
17) 已: (yǐ). to end, to stop, already.
18) 大夫: (dà fū). high officer.
19) 家: (jiā). house, family.
20) 士: (shì). knight.
21) 庶人: (shù rén). common people.
22) 上: (shàng). upper, upper class.
23) 下: (xià). lower, lower class.
24) 交: (jiāo). to cross, to associate with; mutually, each other.
25) 征: (zhēng). to march, to fight for.
26) 危: (wēi). to be endangered.
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