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孟子谓齐宣王曰：“王之臣有托其妻子于其友，而之楚游者。比其反也［1］，则［2］冻馁其妻子，则如之何？”王曰：“弃之。”曰：“士师不能治士，则如之何？”王曰：“已［3］之。”曰：“四境之内不治，则如之何？”王顾左右而言他。Mencius said to the king Xuan of Qi, “Suppose that one of Your Majesty’s ministers were to entrust his wife and children to the care of his friend, while he himself went into Chu to travel, and that, on his return, he should find that the friend had let his wife and children suffer from cold and hunger; —how ought he to deal with him?”The king said, “He should cast him off.”Mencius proceeded, “Suppose that the chief criminal judge could not regulate the officers und...