赵彦春英译《荀子·王霸》
百里之地，可以取天下，是不虚，其难者在人主之知之也。取天下者，非负其土地而从之之谓也，道足以壹人而已矣。彼其人苟壹，则其土地奚去我而适它？故百里之地，其等位爵服，足以容天下之贤士矣；其官职事业，足以容天下之能士矣；循其旧法，择其善者而明用之，足以顺服好利之人矣。贤士一焉，能士官焉，好利之人服焉，三者具而天下尽，无有是其外矣。故百里之地，足以竭埶矣。致忠信，著仁义，足以竭人矣。两者合而天下取。
Hsuncius ·To Lord
It is not a fable to win the world with a land of thirty square miles. Its difficulty lies in whether its lord knows how. To win the world does not mean other states follow him with their land, but that his methods are good enough to unite all. If a lord’s people are united, how can they leave their land for another? So even though it’s just a thirty square miles of territory, its ranks and costumes are enough to hold all sages in the world and its posts and titles are enough to hold all talents in the world. According to its original statutes, choosing the good ones is also enough to submit the greedy ones. If the sages are united, the able are appointed and the greedy are submitted, all the world will be his. There is nothing beyond this. So i t is enough to collect all power with thirty square square miles of land; it is possible to get all people with credibility and benevolence. With the combination of the two, the world can be won.
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