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孟子见梁襄王。出,语[1]人曰:“望之不似人君,就之而不见所畏焉。卒然[2]问曰:‘天下恶乎定?’“吾对曰:‘定于一。’“‘孰能一之?’“对曰:‘不嗜杀人者能一之。’“‘孰能与[3]之?’“对曰:‘天下莫不与也。王知夫苗乎?七八月之间旱,则苗槁矣。天油然作云,沛然下雨,则苗浡然[4]兴之矣。其如是,孰能御之?今夫天下之人牧[5],未有不嗜杀人者也,如有不嗜杀人者,则天下之民皆引领而望之矣。诚如是也,民归之,由[6]水之就下,沛然谁能御之?’”Mencius went to see the king Xiang of Liang. On coming out from the interview, he said to some persons, “When I looked at him from a distance, he did not appear like a sovereign; when I drew near to him, I saw nothing venerable about him. Abruptly he asked me, ‘How can the kingdom be settled?’I replied, ‘It will be settled by being united under one sway.’...