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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.’...