说苑/孔子曰；「夏道不亡，商德不作，商德不亡，周德不作，周德不亡，春秋不作，春秋作而後君子知周道亡也。

孔子曰；「夏道不亡，商德不作，商德不亡，周德不作，周德不亡，春秋不作，春秋作而後君子知周道亡也。

Eric Henry

Kongzi said, “As long as Xia had still not lost the Way, the virtue of Shang could not appear; as long as Shang had still not lost its virtue, the virtue of Zhou could not appear; as long as Zhou had still not lost its virtue, the Spring and Autumn era could not emerge; and, after the emergence of the Spring and Autumn era, men of quality realized that the way of Zhou had perished.” Thus, the mutual obliteration of high and low is like the mutually destructive action of fire and water—rulers of men cannot but look into this.

」故上下相虧也，猶水火之相滅也，人君不可不察，而大盛其臣下，此私門盛而公家毀也，人君不察焉，則國家危殆矣。

Eric Henry

And, when subordinates grow greatly powerful, this is because private structures flourish while the public enterprise collapses.

筦子曰：「權不兩錯，政不二門。

Eric Henry

If rulers of men do not look into this, the state will be imperiled.

」故曰：「脛大於股者難以步，指大於臂者難以把。

」本小末大，不能相使也。

Eric Henry

Guanzi said, “Power cannot be exerted from two sources; government cannot be lodged in two places.” Hence, it is said, “When the shins are greater than the thighs, one cannot walk; when the fingers are larger than the arms, one cannot grasp objects.” When the trunk is small and the limbs large, it is impossible to make the limbs do one’s bidding.

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