右戒蠹政害民
右戒蠹政害民
。見殺加怒。昔大禹出見罪人,猶下車問而泣之。子獨何心,又加以怒,死者能無憾乎?縱暴殺傷。聖人用刑,初非得已,乃欲殺人如麻,流血成淵,獨不見支解車裂之報乎?剛强不仁。春秋傳云:剛愎不仁必敗。家語云:彊梁者不得其死。君子可不謹戒之乎?狠戾自用。書曰:厥心疾狠,不克畏死。況凡人自用則小,苟不知畏,則喪無日矣。辱人求勝。好勇者必不得其死。好勝者必遇其敵,況辱人以求勝者,安知不爲禍耶?以惡爲能,忍作殘害。紂觀炮烙,謂龍逢曰:樂乎?然惡無大小,厥罪惟鈞。自古惡人未有無報者。決水放火,以害民居。決水以害人之田,放火以焚人之屋,使民食息無所,其害甚於劫掠者乎?
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