ask the Duke of Qi to open the granary in the County of Tang to relieve the famine victims; ask for (/seek) relief ❍ 齐饥，陈臻曰：“国人皆以夫子将复为发棠。”(《孟子·尽心下》)When Qi was fuffering from famine,Chen Zhen said to Mencius，“The people are all thinking that you,Master,will again ask that the granary of Tang be opened for them.”