Fri, Apr 23, 2027

又曰：「孟子病源，從性無善無不善上見來。性無善無不善，雖如此說，亦無大差。但告子執定看了，便有個無善無不善的性在內。有善有惡又在物感上看，便有個物在外，卻做兩邊看了，便會差。無善無不善，性原是如此。悟得及時，只此一句便盡了，更無有內外之間。告子見一個性在內，見一個物在外；便見他於性有未透徹處。」

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卷下·第273条

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逸民：伯夷、叔齊、虞仲、夷逸、朱張、柳下惠、少連。子曰：「不降其志，不辱其身，伯夷叔齊與！」謂柳下惠、少連：「降志辱身矣。言中倫，行中慮，其斯而已矣。」謂虞仲、夷逸：「隱居放言，身中淸，廢中權。」我則異於是，無可無不可。」

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微子第十八·十八之八

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桓公問管子曰：「請問爭奪之事何如？」管子曰：「以戚始。」桓公曰：「何謂用戚始？」管子對曰：「君人之主，弟兄十人，分國爲十；兄弟五人，分國爲五。三世則昭穆同祖，十世則爲祏。故伏尸滿衍，兵決而無止。輕重之家，復游於其閒。故曰：『毋予人以壤，毋授人以財。』財終則有始，與四時廢起。聖人理之以徐疾，守之以決塞，奪之以輕重，行之以仁義，故與天壤同數。此王者之大轡也。」

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第76篇山至數·第7则

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一事起則一害生。 故天下常以無事為福。 讀前人詩云：勸君莫話封候事、一將功成万骨枯。 又云：天下常令萬事平、匣中不惜千年死。 雖有雄心猛氣、不覺化為冰霰矣。

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第350则

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In this piece it was my design to explain and enforce this doctrine, that vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful, the nature of man alone considered; that it was, therefore, every one's interest to be virtuous who wish'd to be happy even in this world.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/148/pg148.txt
Part Two, the Art of Virtue, paragraph beginning “In this piece it was my design...”