太上感應篇注
苟富而驕

苟富而驕

苟富而驕

非義得財,謂之苟富。不因貪刻成家,卽由横財暴發。雖兢兢自抑,猶懼人非鬼責,乃傲然恃之,肆爲驕侈,禍無不旋踵而至者。昔宋南金出繼爲嗣,恃財趨勢,交結官吏,驕侈横暴,靡所不爲。如是數年,忽得惡疾,飲食不進,骨瘠如柴。日自將房門堅閉,遂變爲驢。妻子擊門而入,一足尙未變完。梅溪一富翁最貪鄙,陳棟塘曰:此人當有奇禍。旣財積不散,又驕色盡露,欲無殃得乎?未幾,果爲賊所殺。嗚呼!滿而不溢,所以長守富也。聖訓其敢背諸?

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