夫仁者必有勇,勇者不必有仁;智者能愚,愚者不必能智。故聖人時通則見其巧而建其功,時否則見其拙而昧其跡。故孔明序曰:太公八十非不遇也,蓋審其主焉。嗚呼,性命巧拙之時,識達行藏之勢,可以觀變察機,運用五賊。所以然者,夫聖人所以深衷遠照,動不失機,觀天料人,應時而作。故易曰:知進退存亡而不失其正者,其惟聖人乎?

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