Tue, Nov 3, 2026

問：「良知一而已，文王作《彖》，周公繫《爻》，孔子贊《易》，何以各自看理不同？」 先生曰：「聖人何能拘得死格？大要出於良知同，便各為說何害？且如一園竹，只要同此枝節，便是大同；若拘定枝枝節節都要高下大小一樣，便非造化妙手矣。汝輩只要去培養良知；良知同，更不妨有異處。汝輩若不肯用功，連笋也不曾抽得，何處去論枝節？」

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卷下·第293条

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用功於內者，必於外無所求。飾美於外者，必其中無所有

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第208段（按原排版相邻两行合并）

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A corn field of moderate fertility produces a much greater quantity of food for man, than the best pasture of equal extent. Though its cultivation requires much more labour, yet the surplus which remains after replacing the seed and maintaining all that labour, is likewise much greater. If a pound of butcher’s meat, therefore, was never supposed to be worth more than a pound of bread, this greater surplus would everywhere be of greater value and constitute a greater fund, both for the profit of the farmer and the rent of the landlord. It seems to have done so universally in the rude beginnings of agriculture.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book I, Chapter XI, paragraph 394

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天有常象，地有常形，人有常禮，一設而不更，此謂三常。兼而一之，人君之道也。分而職之，人臣之事也。君失其道，無以有其國。臣失其事，無以有其位。然則上之畜下不妄，而下之事上不虛矣。上之畜下不妄，所出法則制度者明也。下之事上不虛，則循義從令者審也。上明下審，上下同德，代相序也。君不失其威，下不曠其產，而莫相德也。是以上之人務德，而下之人守節。義禮成形於上，而善下通於民，則百姓上歸親於主，而下盡力於農矣。故曰：君明、相信、五官肅、士廉、農愚、商工愿，則上下體而外內別也。民性因而三族制也。夫爲人君者，廕德於人者也。爲人臣者，仰生於上者也。爲人上者，量功而食之以足。爲人臣者，受任而處之以教。布政有均，民足於產，則國家豐矣。以勞授祿，則民不幸生。刑罰不頗，則下無怨心。名正分明，則民不惑於道。道也者，上之所以導民也。是故道德出於君，制令傅於相，事業程於官。百姓之力也，胥令而動者也。

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第30篇君臣上·第2则

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life … Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

Source： https://web.archive.org/web/20241227014258/https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2005/06/steve-jobs-2005-graduates-stay-hungry-stay-foolish
Commencement address, passage on death and limited time, as quoted by Stanford Report