Jin Xin II · 孟子 7B.3

Passage 03

孟mèng子zǐ曰yuē：「盡jìn信xìn《書shū》，則zé不bù如rú無wú《書shū》。吾wú於wū《武wǔ成chéng》，取qǔ二èr三sān策cè而ér已yǐ矣yǐ。仁rén人rén無wú敵dí於wū天tiān下xià。以yǐ至zhì仁rén伐fá至zhì不bù仁rén，而ér何hé其qí血xuè之zhī流liú杵chǔ也yě？」

Mencius said, 'It would be better to be without the Book of History than to give entire credit to it. In the "Completion of the War," I select two or three passages only, which I believe. "The benevolent man has no enemy under heaven. When the prince the most benevolent was engaged against him who was the most the opposite, how could the blood of the people have flowed till it floated the pestles of the mortars?"'