解析例
#001:
孟子見梁惠王
Mencius saw King Hui of Liang.
#002:
亦有仁義而已矣
[I] surely have benevolence and righteousness (to offer you) and that's all.
#003:
不違農時
[If one] does not go against the proper seasons of agriculture,
#004:
未有仁義而遺其親者也
There has never been one who was benevolent and righteous yet abandoned his parents.
#005:
非我也，兵也
It was not I, it was the weapon.
#006:
是不為也，非不能也
This is not-doing, it is not not-being-able.
#007:
畏天者也
...is one who fears Heaven.
#008:
叟之所知也
It is what your reverence well knows.
#009:
夫非盡人之子與
Are we not all the sons of some man?
#010:
其正色邪
Is it its true colour?
#011:
然而至此極者命也夫
That nonetheless I have reached this extremity, is fate, is it not?
#012:
此文王之勇也
This was King Wén’s courage.
#013:
是亦走也
This was also running away.
#014:
皆古聖人也
They were all sages of old.
#015:
是乃仁術也
This indeed is the technique of rén.
#016:
乃夫子也。吾貺子。
It was you (and no one else). I will reward you.
#017:
即不忍其觳觫，若無罪而就死地，故以羊易之
It was indeed that I could not bear its trembling, like an innocent person going to the place of execution, and so changed it for a sheep.
#018:
必若桀紂者也
... will necessarily be one like Jié or Zhōu.
#019:
子誠齊人也
You are truly a man of Qí.
#020:
固所願也
It is certainly what I want.
#021:
今之樂猶古之樂也
The music of today is like the music of old (from the point of view of the argument).
#022:
萬乘之國弒其君者必千乘之家
The one who murders the ruler of a country of ten thousand chariots will certainly be (the head of) a family of a thousand chariots.
#023:
是亂國已
One can tell that this is a disordered country.
#024:
（君子曰）此亦妄人也已矣
The gentleman will say, ‘I now realize that this is indeed a wild, reckless fellow.’
#025:
孟子為卿於齊
Mencius was a minister of state in Qí.
#026:
子為誰
sir make who = Who are you?
#027:
不為不多矣
not make not many PERFECT = is (already) not not-many.
#028:
人皆可以為堯舜
Men can all be a Yao or Shun.
#029:
老而無妻曰鰥
To be old and without a wife is called ‘guān.’
#030:
（公曰）是其生也與吾同物，命之曰同
The duke said, ‘This one in his birth is of the same substance as me.’ He named him Tong (‘Same’).
#031:
所臨唯信
What they (the spirits) attend is only good faith.
#032:
惟義所在
It is only where right behaviour lies (that a great man places his words and.
#033:
可以為美乎
... could [Ox Mountain] be (i.e., remain) beautiful [when its trees were all cut down to supply wood for the nearby city]?
#034:
（若）（夫）豪傑之士
(As for) heroic knights
#035:
則無望民之多於鄰國也
... then do not hope that your people will be more than [those of] the neighbouring countries.
#036:
物皆然，心為甚
Things are all like that and the heart is most so.
#037:
王請大之
I beg Your Majesty to make it great.
#038:
叟不遠千里而來
You have come, sir, not regarding 1,000 lǐ as too far.
#039:
百姓安之
The common people were peaceful under him.
#040:
則不能安子思
... then he could not make Zǐsī content.
#041:
故湯之於伊尹學焉而後臣之
Thus Tang’s [behaviour] towards Yìyǐn was to learn from him and afterwards make him his subject.
#042:
爾欲吳王我乎
Do you want to King-of-Wu me (= treat me in the way the King of Wú was treated)?
#043:
君君臣臣父父子子
Let the ruler act as a ruler should, the minister as a minister, the father as a father, the son as a son.
#044:
為臣而君亡之本也
For one who is a minister to act as a ruler is the root of perdition.
#045:
醫來
The physician came.
#046:
雞鳴而起…者
He who gets up when the cock crows ...
#047:
故遠人不服則脩文德以來之
Therefore, if distant people do not submit, cultivate civil virtue so as to make them come.
#048:
則苗勃然興之矣
... then the sprouts suddenly spring up in response to it [the rain].
#049:
吾有司死者三十三人而民莫之死也。
Thirty-three of my officers died and none of the people was willing to die for them.
#050:
七十者衣帛食肉
When seventy year olds wear silk and eat meat ...
#051:
師行而糧食
The host proceeds and supplies are eaten.
#052:
賢者與民并耕而食
The worthy plough and eat together with the common people.
#053:
勞心者治人勞力者治於人治於人者食人治人者食於人
Those who labour with their minds [literally: labour their minds] rule others, those who labour with their strength are ruled by others. Those who are ruled by others feed others, those who rule others are fed by others.
