温人之周
A Man from Wen Went to Zhou
【原文】
温人之周，周不纳。客即对曰主人也。”问其巷而不知也，吏因囚之.
【今译】
一个温地的人到东周去，东周不接纳他。他立即回答说我是本 地人。”问他住在哪个街巷，他却不知道，官吏因此将他囚禁了。
A person from the area of Wen went to the state of East Zhou. However，East Zhou would not let him enter the state. The man said immediately, “I am a native.” People asked him in which street he lived, but he didn’t know. So the officer in charge tied him up.
【原文】
君使人问之曰：“子非周人，而自谓非客，何也？ ”对曰：“臣少而诵 《诗》，《诗》曰：‘普天之下，莫非王土。率土之滨，莫非王今周君天 下，则我天子之臣，而又为客哉？故曰‘主人’。”君乃使吏出之。
【今译】
东周国君派人问他道你不是周人,却自称不是外地人，为什么 呢？ ”那人回答说我小的时候诵读《诗经》，《诗经》中说：普天之下，莫 非王土。率土之滨，莫非王臣。’如今周朝统治天下，那我就是天子的臣 子，却怎么又是外人呢？所以我说是‘本地人’。”于是东周国君让官史 释放了他。
The sovereign of East Zhou sent a person to ask him, “You are not from my state? East Zhou. However，you claim that you are from Zhou. Why?” The man replied, “When I was young, I studied Shi J ing. A poem from it says,‘All the lands under the sky belong to the King* All the people living on these lands are subjects of the King. ’ Now the sovereign of East Zhou is the ruler of people all over the world, then I am a subject of the Son of Heaven. So, how could you regard me as a guest? Therefore，I say that I am a native.” The sovereign then ordered the officer to set him free,