魏(文子)田需周宵相善
Wenzi of Wei,Tian Xu and Zhou Xiao Were Good Friends
【原文】
魏(文子)田需、周宵相善,欲罪犀首。犀首患之,谓魏王曰今所 患者,齐也。婴子言行于齐王,王欲得齐,则胡不召文子而相之?彼必 务以齐事王。”王曰善。”因召文子而相之。犀首以倍田需、周宵。
【今译】
魏国的田需和周宵互相之间关系友好,想加害于公孙衍。公孙衍 害怕了,对魏王说如今我们所担心的是齐国。齐王对于田婴言听计 从,大王如果想争取齐国,那为何不把田文召来任命他为相国呢?他一 定会让齐国侍奉大王魏王说好。”于是召见田文并任命他为相国。 公孙衍使田文背叛了田需和周宵.
Tian Wen (also known as Lord Mengchang), Tian Xu and Zhou Xiao were good friends, and they wanted to get Gongsun Yan into trouble. Gongsun Yan was scared, so he told the king of the state of Wei, “Now the only state that poses a threat to our state is Qi. The king of Qi always takes Tian YingJ s advice. If you want to win over Qi, why not invite Tian Wen (Tian Wen is the son of Tian Ying) here and appoint him to be prime minister of our state? He will definitely be committed to leading the state of Qi to serve you. ” The king said,“Fine, ” Then he invited Tian Wen and appointed him to be prime minister of his state. Thus Gongsun Yan won over Tian Wen and made him turn against Tian Xu and Zhou Xiao.