说苑/宗衛相齊，遇逐，罷歸舍，召門尉田饒等二十有七人而問焉，曰：「士大夫誰能與我赴諸侯者乎？

宗衛相齊，遇逐，罷歸舍，召門尉田饒等二十有七人而問焉，曰：「士大夫誰能與我赴諸侯者乎？

Eric Henry

Zong Wei was a prime minister of Qi but was driven from his position. Having quit the capital and returned to his native dwelling, he called together twenty-seven of his domestic guards and gardeners and said, “Among all you worthy men, is there anyone willing to go with me to [seek a place of refuge among] the various lords?” The gardeners and the others all prostrated themselves without answering.

」田饒等皆伏而不對。

宗衛曰：「何士大夫之易得而難用也？

Eric Henry

“Why are officers so easy to obtain but so difficult to make use of?” asked Zong Wei.

」饒對曰：「非士大夫之難用也，是君不能用也。

」宗衛曰：「不能用士大夫何若？」

Eric Henry

A gardener said, “It is not that officers are difficult to make use of; it is just that Your Lordship is unable to use them.” “What do you mean unable to use them?” asked Zong Wei.

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