TEXT 8 (HT 7.3) Flashcards
1
Q
荊莊王欲伐陳
A
King Zhuang of Chu wished to attack Chen.
2
Q
使人視之
A
He sent someone to observe it.
3
Q
使者曰
陳不可伐也
A
The person he sent said,
Chen cannot be attacked.’
4
Q
莊王曰
何故
A
King Zhuang said,
Why
5
Q
對曰
其城郭高
A
He replied,
Its city walls are high,
6
Q
溝壑深
A
and its moats are deep.
7
Q
蓄積多
A
It has a lot of provisions,
8
Q
其國寧也
A
and its state is peaceful.’
9
Q
王曰
陳可伐也
A
The King said,
Chen can be attacked.
10
Q
夫陳，小國也
A
Chen is a small state,
11
Q
而蓄積多
A
and yet it has a lot of provisions.
12
Q
蓄積多則賦斂重
A
If it has a lot of provisions, that means its taxes are heavy.
13
Q
賦斂重則民怨上矣
A
If its taxes are heavy, that means its people resent their superiors.
14
Q
城郭高
溝壑深
則民力罷矣
A
If the walls are high,
and the moats deep,
That means the people’s strength is exhausted.’
15
Q
興兵伐之
A
He raised an army and attacked it.
