A Ruler’s Ambition

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孟（mèng）子（zǐ）曰（yuē）：（）“（）不（bù）仁（rén）而（ér）得（dé）国（guó）者（zhě），（）有（yǒu）之（zhī）矣（yǐ）；（）不（bù）仁（rén）而（ér）得（dé）天（tiān）下（xià）者（zhě），（）未（wèi）之（zhī）有（yǒu）也（yě）。（）”（）

Mencius said, “There have been people who gained a state without benevolence; there has never been anyone who gained all under Heaven without it.”

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