REVIEW: PHRASES (MT)

Question 1

君之所未食

Answer 1

That which the ruler has not eaten

Question 2

王之所大欲

Answer 2

That which the king greatly desires

Question 3

所明知者

Answer 3

Those that you clearly understand

Question 4

其所惡者

Answer 4

‘Those which you hate’

Question 5

人之所不學而能者

Answer 5

‘Those things people can do without studying’

Question 6

事得其反

Answer 6

When someone devote themselves to something, they get the opposite effect.

Question 7

欲治者必惡亂。亂者，治之反也。

Answer 7

Those who wish for a well-ordered state will certainly hate rebellion.
Rebellion is the opposite of order.

Question 8

先王之愛民不過父母之愛子，
子未必不亂也。

Answer 8

The former king’s love towards the people does not exceed
the parents’ love towards their children. The children may
not necessarily not rebel.

Question 9

舜人也。我亦人也。

Answer 9

Shun is a person. I am also a person.

Question 10

不亦可乎

Answer 10

Is this not acceptable?

Question 11

古之時與今之時同乎

Answer 11

Are ancient times the same as modern times?

Question 12

三人相與友

Answer 12

The three people are friends with each other.

Question 13

治國者之過也

Answer 13

This is the fault of those who govern the state.

Question 14

孟子曰子過矣

Answer 14

Mencius said, ‘You are wrong.’

Question 15

是何故也

Answer 15

What is the reason for this?

Question 16

彼來則我與之來，彼往則我與之往。

Answer 16

When it comes, I come with it; when it goes, I go with it.

Question 17

君天子則我天子之臣也

Answer 17

If you are the Son-of-Heaven,
then I am the vassal of the Son-of Heaven.

Question 18

君有難則不死，出亡則不從

Answer 18

When the ruler has a difficulty, they would not die for him; when the ruler has to flee the state, they would not follow him.

Question 19

孔子為人何如

Answer 19

What kind of a person is Confucius? （為人 : to conduct oneself ）

Question 20

生而亂不如死而治

Answer 20

Instead of giving life to them and create chaos, I would rather let them die and thereby keep order.