巢元方：诸病源候论·第740则

大夫曰：「禹、湯聖主，后稷、伊尹賢相也，而有水旱之災。水旱，天之所為，饑穰，陰陽之運也，非人力。故太歲之數，在陽為旱，在陰為水。六歲一饑，十二歲一荒。天道然，殆非獨有司之罪也。」

天之道，其猶張弓與？高者抑之，下者舉之；有餘者損之，不足者補之。天之道，損有餘而補不足。 人之道則不然， 損不足以奉有餘。 孰能有餘以奉天下？唯有道者。 是以聖人為而不恃，功成而不處，其不欲見賢。

What shall we think of a man who has been endowed with godlike gifts, who has had the inestimable advantage of a liberal education, who has ability to ameliorate the hard conditions of his fellows, to help to emancipate…