Tue, Aug 3, 2027

問「志於道」一章。 先生曰：「只『志道』一句，便含下面數句功夫，自住不得。譬如做此屋：『志於道』是念念要去擇地鳩材，經營成個區宅；『據德』卻是經畫已成，有可據矣；『依仁』卻是常常住在區宅內，更不離去；『游藝』卻是加些畫采，美此區宅。藝者，義也，理之所宜者也，如誦詩、讀書、彈琴、習射之類；皆所以調習此心，使之熟於道也。苟不『志道』而『游藝』，卻如無狀小子，不先去置造區宅，只管要去買畫掛做門面，不知將掛在何處？」

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卷下·第240条

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蕭惠好仙、釋。 先生警之曰：「吾亦自幼篤志二氏，自謂既有所得，謂儒者為不足學。其後居夷三載，見得聖人之學，若是其簡易廣大，始自嘆悔錯用了三十年氣力。大抵二氏之學，其妙與聖人只有毫釐之間。汝今所學，乃其土苴，輒自信自好若此，真鴟鴞竊腐鼠耳。」 惠請問二氏之妙。 先生曰：「向汝說聖人之學簡易廣大，汝卻不問我悟的，只問我悔的。」 惠慚謝，請問聖人之學。 先生曰：「汝今只是了人事問；待汝辦個真要求為聖人的心，來與汝說。」 惠再三請。 先生曰：「已與汝一句道盡，汝尚自不會。」

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卷上·第124条

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文學曰：「天設三光以照記，天子立公卿以明治。故曰：公卿者，四海之表儀，神化之丹青也。上有輔明主之任，下有遂聖化之事，和陰陽，調四時，安眾庶，育群生，使百姓輯睦，無怨思之色，四夷順德，無叛逆之憂，此公卿之職，而賢者之所務也。若伊尹、周、召三公之才，太顛、閎夭九卿之人。文學不中聖主之明舉，今之執政，亦未能稱盛德也。」

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卷5·相刺第二十·第10则

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The holder of the mortgage had long demanded that he should be paid, but somehow even the interest was barely kept up, and the creditor finally threatened to sell us out. As it happened, the money had been lent by a deacon in the church, but notwithstanding this fact, he felt that he should have his money, and perhaps he really needed it. Anyhow, he proposed to take such steps as were necessary to get it. The matter came to a head one Sunday morning, when the minister announced from the pulpit that the $2,000 would have to be raised, or we should lose our church building. I therefore found myself at the door of the church as the congregation came and went.

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Chapter II, excerpt 48

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Naturally, people of modest means lead a closer family life than those who have plenty of servants to do everything for them. I count it a blessing that I was of the former class. When I was seven or eight years old I engaged in my first business enterprise with the assistance of my mother. I owned some turkeys, and she presented me with the curds from the milk to feed them. I took care of the birds myself, and sold them all in business-like fashion. My receipts were all profit, as I had nothing to do with the expense account, and my records were kept as carefully as I knew how.

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Chapter II, excerpt 27

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