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諸侯三年一貢士者,治道三年有成也。

諸侯所以賈士于天子者,進賢勸善者也。天子聘求之者,買義也。治國之道,本在 得賢叫尋賢則治,失賢則亂。故《月令》季春之月:"開府庫,出幣帛,周天下,勉諸 侯,聘名士,禮賢者。"有貢者復有聘者何?以為諸侯賈士,庸才者賈其身,盛德者貢 其名。及其幽隱,諸侯所遺失,天子之所昭,故聘之也 。

The Presenting of Officers (Lu, 4b-5a; Ch'ên, 12.16b-17b).

Once in three years the Feudal Lords present officers to the Son of Heaven, while the Son of Heaven solicits them (Yüeh ling).

Besides the presenting of officers by the Feudal Lords there is the solicitation by the Son of Heaven in order that those who were overlooked by the Feudal Lords may be brought forward.

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