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美国总统奥巴马27日在华盛顿出席首轮中美战略与经济对话，并发表讲话。报载他在讲话中强调通过持之以恒的对话来解决问题，他引用中国古代思想家孟子的话说：“这好比人在杂草丛生的地方走路，总走，路就走出来了。不走，杂草就会丛生，就不成路了。”
奥巴马原话如下：
Thousands
of years ago, the great philosopher Mencius said: "A trail through
the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if
unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time." Our
task is to forge a path to the future that we seek for our children
-- to prevent mistrust or the inevitable differences of the moment
from allowing that trail to be blocked by grass…..
奥巴马引用的这段孟子语录原文见于《孟子》卷十四《尽心下》：
“孟子谓高子曰：‘山径之蹊间介然用之而成路。为间不用，则茅塞之矣。今茅塞子之心矣。’”
James Legge的译文是：
Mencius said to the disciple Kao, 'There are the footpaths along
the hills;-- if suddenly they be used, they become roads; and if,
as suddenly they are not used, the wild grass fills them up. Now,
the wild grass fills up your mind.'
刘殿爵（D.C.Lau）的译文是：
Mencius said to Kau Tzu: "A trail through the mountains, if used,
becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by
grass in an equally short time. Now your heart is blocked by
grass."
可知奥巴马看的《孟子》是刘殿爵先生翻译的本子。
但愿中美高层和民间都能常来常往，使双方都能不断大开“茅塞”，增进了解。
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