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孟施舍似曾子、北宮黝似子夏。夫二子之勇、未知其孰賢。然而孟施 舍守約也。昔者曾子謂子襄曰、子好勇乎。吾嘗聞大勇於夫子矣。自 反而不縮、雖褐寬博、吾不惴焉。自反而縮、雖千萬人吾往矣。 Meng Shishe was like Zeng Zi. Bei Gong Yu was like Zi Xia. Between Bei Gong and Meng, I don't know who is better, but Mang Shishe focused on the essentials. For example, in the past, Zeng Zi said to Zi Xiang: “So, you like bravery, do you? I have heard from our Master about great bravery. If I reflect on myself and find that I am not right, then won't I even fear facing a coarse fellow the street? But if (○) I reflect on myself and find myself to be right, then even if it be an army of one hundred thousand, I will go forward.” 註： 雖千萬人吾往矣的條件，是 if I refelct on myself and find myself to be right 成立的情況下。 I would never change my first intention no matter how many （×） people I have to fall into conflicts against. 因此不是要不要 change my first intention 的問題，而是自反 (relfect on myself) 以後到底 right 或者不 right 的問題！ 參考網站： https://www.zhihu.com/question/35040351 http://www.acmuller.net/con-dao/mencius.html#div-5