第一个将一块土地围起来并说‘这是我的’,并找到足够简单的人相信他的人,就是文明社会的真正创始人。
The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
【原文】子夏为莒父宰,问政。子曰:“无欲速,无见小利。欲速则不达,见小利则大事不成。”【译文】子夏到莒父做地方长官,问怎样为政。孔子说:“不要只求速成,不要贪图小利。想求速成,反而达不到目的;贪图小利,就做不成大事。”