素履子
履智

履智

履智

素履子曰:夫智者,五行之德水。水以潤下爲德,智以謀慮爲能。智不能慮無以爲能,水不能潤無以爲德。是以水流不止,智用無滯。混則濁,智撓則亂;濁則不能鑒,亂則不能慮。未若止水而能清,定智而能明,水止智定則清且明矣。如水决流不止則浸漬以成弊,智用不端則惑亂以招禍。夫賢者用智能周萬類,若夫鏡之鑒物,妍醜俱見。其中如朗月之當空,泉沼皆臨其内。觀照遐邇,明辨是非,知衆之苦辛,減己之逸樂,齊飽暖於一體,慮寒餒於四人。故能運智而佐帝王,設慮以防姦弊。所以子房陳平智周而成,商鞅蘇秦智訛而轘。夫有國有家者,履智而能明能慮,則禍患弗可及也。

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