说苑/趙簡子游於西河而樂之，嘆曰：「安得賢士而與處焉？

趙簡子游於西河而樂之，嘆曰：「安得賢士而與處焉？

Eric Henry

Once when Zhao Jianzi100 was enjoying an excursion on West River, he sighed and said, “How can I obtain some worthy officers to keep me company?” His boatman Gu Sheng knelt and said, “It is well known that pearls and jade do not have feet, but, even if they are a thousand li away, they will be made to come; this is because people desire them.

」舟人古乘跪而對曰：「夫珠玉無足， 200去此數千里，而所以能來者，人好之也；今士有足而不來者，此是吾君不好之乎！

Eric Henry

Could it be that the reason officers, though possessed of feet, do not come is that Your Lordship does not desire them?” “I maintain a thousand guests in my establishment,” said Zhao Jianzi.

」趙簡子曰：「吾門左右客千人，朝食不足，暮收市征，暮食不足，朝收市征，吾尚可謂不好士乎？」長轂: “war chariots” 戰車; the name derives from the fact that their long axles made

Eric Henry

“If the morning provender is insufficient, I requisition supplies from the marketplace in the evening; and, if the evening provender is insufficient, I requisition supplies from the marketplace in the morning—can it still be said that I do not desire worthy men?