<Master Mèng> (<孟 子>)

[MasterInQuestion]

[ <Master Mèng> (<孟 子>): <Gōng-Sūn Chǒu (1)> (<公孙 丑 (上)>), #3 (~ BCE 300):
|*| https://ctext.org/mengzi/gong-sun-chou-i/ens#n1631
|*| https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&remap=gb&file=1281&page=95
|*| https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&remap=gb&file=562&page=42
|*| https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=en&remap=gb&file=1000084&page=39
    孟 子 曰: [
+    Master Mèng (孟) said:
    以力假仁者霸: 霸必有大国.
+    With force practice false justice should dominate: dominating must have superior State.
    以德行仁者王: 王不待大. [1]
+    With virtue practice justice would thrive: thriving may not await superior.

    汤 以七十里. "文" 王 以百里.
+    Tāng (汤) started with 70 Lǐ. Lord "Illuminance" ("文" 王) started with 100.

    以力服人者: 非心服也; 力不赡也.
+    Those force with power: not in heart truly support; the power does not help.
    以德服人者: 中心悦而诚服也. 如 七十子 之服 孔 子 也.
+    Those proceed with virtue: in heart glad and sincerely support. As the 70 Excellencies' reverence toward Master Kǒng (孔).
    .
    <诗> 云: "自西自东, 自南自北: 无思不服."
+    Said <The Poems>: "From West to East, from South to North: none planning to oppose."
    此之谓也. ]
+    Such is the case. ]

[ [1]
    One valid interpretation:
    Those who practice false justice with force would dominate, and which would result in a superpower.
    Those who follow the virtue and practice justice would thrive, but which may not easily survive.

    一以王道: 难以自保.
+    Entirely via thriving: hard to preserve.
    一以霸道: 难以久持.
+    Entirely via dominating: hard to persist. ]