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萬章曰：「士之不托諸侯，何也？」 孟子曰：「不敢也。諸侯失國而後托於諸侯，禮也。士之托於諸侯，非禮也。」 萬章曰：「君饋之粟，則受之乎？」 曰：「受之。」 「受之何義也？」 曰：「君之於氓也，固周之。」 曰：「周之則受，賜之則不受，何也？」 曰：「不敢也。」 曰：「敢問其不敢何也？」 曰：「抱關擊柝者，皆有常職以食於上。無常職而賜於上者，以為不恭也。」 曰：「君饋之，則受之，不識可常繼乎？」 曰：「繆公之於子思也，亟問，亟饋鼎肉。子思不悅，於卒也標使者出諸大門之外，北面稽首再拜而不受，曰：『今而後知君之犬馬畜汲！』蓋自是臺無饋也。悅賢不能舉，又不能養也，可謂悅賢乎？」 曰：「敢問國君欲養君子，如何斯可謂養矣？」 曰：「以君命將之，再拜稽首而受；其後廩人繼粟，庖人繼肉，不以君命將之。子思以為鼎肉使己僕僕爾亟拜也，非養君子之道也。堯之於舜也，使其子九男事之，二女女焉，百官牛羊倉廩備，以養舜於畎畝之中，後舉而加諸上位。故曰王公之尊賢者也。」

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萬章下·6

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子曰：「弟子入則孝，出則弟，謹而信，汎愛眾，而親仁。行有餘力，則以學文。」

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學而第一·一之六

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All the original sources of revenue, the wages of labour, the rent of land, and the profits of stock, the monopoly renders much less abundant than they otherwise would be. To promote the little interest of one little order of men in one country, it hurts the interest of all other orders of men in that country, and of all the men in all other countries.

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Book IV, Chapter VII, paragraph 1440

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孟氏「堯、舜之道，孝弟而已」者，是就人之良知發見得最真切篤厚、不容蔽昧處提省人。於人於事君、處友、仁民、愛物，與凡動靜語默間，皆只是致他那一念事親、從兄真誠惻怛的良知，即自然無不是道。蓋天下之事雖千變萬化，至於不可窮詰，而但惟致此事親、從兄一念真誠惻怛之良知以應之，則更無有遺缺滲漏者，正謂其只有此一個良知故也。事親、從兄一念良知之外，更無有良知可致得者。故曰：「堯、舜之道，孝弟而已矣。」此所以為「惟精惟一」之學，放之四海而皆準，施諸後世而無朝夕者也。 文蔚云：「欲於事親、從兄之間，而求所謂良知之學。」就自己用工得力處如此說，亦無不可；若曰致其良知之真誠惻怛以求盡夫事親、從兄之道焉，亦無不可也。明道云：「行仁自孝、弟始。孝、弟是仁之一事，謂之行仁之本則可，謂是仁之本則不可。」其說是矣。 「億、逆、先覺」之說，文蔚謂：「誠則旁行曲防，皆良知之用。」甚善甚善！閒有攙搭處，則前已言之矣。

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卷中·第190条

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At Berkshire, however, my appraisal of our operating managers is, if anything, understated. To understand why, first take a look at page 7, where we show the earnings (on an historical-cost accounting basis) of our seven largest non- financial units: Buffalo News, Fechheimer, Kirby, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Scott Fetzer Manufacturing Group, See's Candies, and World Book. In 1987, these seven business units had combined operating earnings before interest and taxes of $180 million.

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1987 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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