齐将封田婴于薛
Qi Intended to Confer Xue on Tian Ying
【原文】
齐将封田婴于薛。楚王闻之，大怒，将伐齐，齐王有辍志。公孙闬曰“封之成与不，非在齐也，又将在楚。闬说楚王，令其欲封公也又甚 齐。”婴子曰愿委之于子。” 公孙闬为谓楚王H: “鲁、宋事楚而齐不事者，齐大而鲁、宋小。王 独利鲁、宋之小，不恶齐大，何也？夫齐削地而封田婴，是其所以弱也， 愿勿止。”楚王曰：“善。”因不止。
The king of Qi intended to confer Xue on Tian Ying. When Chu ’ s king heard this nows, he was very angry and offered to attack Qi. Qi's king wanted to give up this plan, Gongsun Han told Tian Ying, “Whether you can be conferred Xue or not doesn’t depend on Qi but depends on Chu, I am going to persuade Chu's king for you and make him agree to give you some land larger than the area Qi originally offered, ” Tian Ying said, “Please do that for me, ” Gongsun Han told Chu’s king, “The states of Lu and Song submit to you, but Qi doesn’t，because Qi is strong while Lu and Song are small and weak. Are you satisfied with only taking advantage of small and weak states such as Lu and Song? Don’t you hate Qi’s might? If Qi cedes some land to Tian Ying, it will be weakened. Please don' t prevent that Chu' s king said, “Good idea. ” He ihen stopped interfering in the matter.
【今译】
齐国打算把薛邑封给田婴。楚王听说了这件事，非常恼怒，将要攻打齐国。齐王准备放弃分封一事。公孙闬对田婴说赐封薛地能否成 功，不在于齐国，而将在于楚国。我去游说楚王，让他想分封给您比齐 国原想赐封的更大的土地田婴说我愿意把这件事交给您去办。” 公孙闬替田婴对楚王说：“鲁国和宋囯侍奉楚国，而齐国却不侍奉 楚国，是因为齐国强大而鲁国和宋国弱小的缘故，大王只是喜欢鲁国 和宋国的弱小，而不讨厌齐囯的强大，这是什么原因呢？如果齐国削割 国土分封给田嬰，它就会削弱啊.希望您不要制止此事。”楚王说： “好于是不再制止。