说苑/兩高不可重，兩大不可容，兩勢不可同，兩貴不可雙。

兩高不可重，兩大不可容，兩勢不可同，兩貴不可雙。

Eric Henry

Two towering objects cannot both stand; two great entities cannot be made to make way for each other; two paths to power cannot be harmonized; and two people in exalted stations cannot coexist.

夫重、容、同、雙，必爭其功。

Eric Henry

A struggle for supremacy, let us note, must always occur in cases of reduplication, toleration, harmonization, and coexistence.

故君子節嗜欲，各守其足，乃能長久。

Eric Henry

Men of quality accordingly place limits on their desires, each dwelling in sufficiency; thus, they are able to survive long.

夫節欲而聽諫，敬賢而勿慢，使能而勿賤。

Eric Henry

If a ruler can put three practices into action— restricting desire and listening to admonitions, respecting and not dishonoring the worthy, and making use of the able without despising them—his state will necessarily grow strong and great, and his people will not scatter and go elsewhere.

為人君能行此三者，其國必強大，而民不去散矣。

Eric Henry

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