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孟子:Mencius, 告子下 6
孟子《孟子》· 告子下·6 · Leadership · Cognition · Action · Character
淳于髡曰:「先名實者,為人也;後名實者,自為也。夫子在三卿之中,名實未加於上下而去之,仁者固如此乎?」 孟子曰:「居下位,不以賢事不肖者,伯夷也。五就湯、五就桀者,伊尹也。不惡污君,不辭小官者,柳下惠也。三子者不同道,其趨一也。一者何也?曰仁也。君子亦仁而已矣,何必同?」 曰:「魯繆公之時,公儀子為政,子柳、子思為臣,魯之削也滋甚。若是乎賢者之無益於國也!」 曰:「虞不用百里奚而亡,秦繆公用之而霸。不用賢則亡,削何可得與?」 曰:「昔者,王豹處於淇,而河西善謳。綿駒處於高唐,而齊右善歌。華周、杞梁之妻,善哭其夫,而變國俗。有諸內,必形諸外。為其事而無其功者,髡未嘗睹之也。是故無賢者也;有則髡必識之。」 曰:「孔子為魯司寇,不用,從而祭,燔肉不至,不稅冕而行。不知者以為為肉也;其知者以為為無禮也。乃孔子則欲以微罪行,不欲為茍去。君子之所為,眾人固不識也。」
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