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孟子见梁惠王，王立于沼［1］上，顾鸿雁麋鹿，曰：“贤者亦乐此乎？” 孟子对曰：“贤者而后乐此，不贤者虽有此，不乐也。《诗》云：‘经始灵台［2］，经之营之，庶民攻［3］之，不日［4］成之。经始勿亟［5］，庶民子来。王在灵囿［6］，麀鹿［7］攸伏，麀鹿濯濯［8］，白鸟鹤鹤［9］。王在灵沼，於牣［10］鱼跃。’文王以民力为台为沼。而民欢乐之，谓其台曰‘灵台’，谓其沼曰‘灵沼’，乐其有麋鹿鱼鳖。古之人与民偕乐，故能乐也。《汤誓》曰：‘时日害丧［11］？予及女［12］偕亡。’民欲与之偕亡，虽有台池鸟兽，岂能独乐哉？”Mencius, another day, saw King Hui of Liang. The king went and stood with him by a pond, and, looking round at the large geese and deer, said, “Do wise and good princes also find pleasure in these things?”Mencius replied, “Being wise and good, they have pleasure in these things. If they are not wise and good, though they have these ...