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惟濬之言，亦未為不是，在文蔚須有取於惟濬之言而後盡，在惟濬又須有取於文蔚之言而後明。不然，則亦未免各有倚著之病也。舜察邇言而詢蒭蕘，非是以邇言當察，蒭蕘當詢，而後如此，乃良知之發見流行，光明圓瑩，更無罣礙遮隔處，此所以謂之大知；才有執著意必，其知便小矣。講學中自有去取分辨，然就心地上著實用工夫，卻須如此方是。 「盡心」三節，區區曾有「生知、學知、困知」之說，頗已明白，無可疑者。蓋盡心、知性、知天者，不必說存心、養性、事天，不必說殀壽不貳、修身以俟，而「存心養性」與「修身以俟」之功已在其中矣。存心、養性、事天者，雖未到得盡心、知天的地位，然已是在那裏做個求到盡心、知天的工夫，更不必說殀壽不貳、修身以俟，而「殀壽不貳，修身以俟」之功已在其中矣。譬之行路，盡心、知天者，如年力壯健之人，既能奔走往來於數千百里之間者也；存心、事天者，如童穉之年，使之學習步趨於庭除之間者也；

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卷中·第190条

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烏鳥之狡，雖善不親。不重之結，雖固必解。道之用也，貴其重也。毋與不可，毋彊不能，毋告不知。與不可，彊不能，告不知，謂之勞而無功。見與之交，幾於不親；見哀之役，幾於不結；見施之德，幾於不報。四方所歸，心行者也。獨王之國，勞而多禍。獨國之君，卑而不威。自媒之女，醜而不信。未之見而親焉，可以往矣。久而不忘焉，可以來矣。日月不明，天不易也。山高而不見，地不易也。言而不可復者，君不言也。行而不可再者，君不行也。凡言而不可復，行而不可再者，有國者之大禁也。

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第02篇形勢·第7则

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o Our long-term economic goal (subject to some qualifications mentioned later) is to maximize the average annual rate of gain in intrinsic business value on a per-share basis. We do not measure the economic significance or performance of Berkshire by its size; we measure by per-share progress. We are certain that the rate of per-share progress will diminish in the future - a greatly enlarged capital base will see to that. But we will be disappointed if our rate does not exceed that of the average large American corporation.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1983.html
1983 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 1

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子產聽鄭國之政，以其乘輿濟人於溱、洧。孟子曰：「惠而不知為政，歲十一月徒杠成，十二月輿梁成，民未病涉也。君子平其政，行辟人可也；焉得人人而濟之？故為政者，每人而悅之，日亦不足矣。」

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離婁下·2

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But subpar it was. For the ninth time in 48 years, Berkshire’s percentage increase in book value was less than the S&P’s percentage gain (a calculation that includes dividends as well as price appreciation). In eight of those nine years, it should be noted, the S&P had a gain of 15% or more. We do better when the wind is in our face.

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2012 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 1

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