太上感應篇注
懷挾外心

懷挾外心

懷挾外心

臣有外心,則必欺君。子有外之,則必遺親;妻有外必,則必背夫;兄弟有外必,則必相賊;朋友有外心,則必目傾。然自十止已,庸獨利乎?昔丁公爲項羽將,逐漢王於彭城西,短兵相及,漢王急,顧丁公曰:兩賢豈相厄哉?丁公引兵還。及項滅,丁公來謁,意必見酬前德也。帝令徇於軍中曰:丁公不忠,使項王失天下,後世爲人臣者,無效丁公也。遂殺之。此可爲有外心者戒也。又吳中有靈鬼,能淫人女。一女將被汙,女曰:涇西某家女貌美,何不往彼?鬼言:此女心正,吾不敢近。女怒曰:我心獨不正耶?鬼遂去,不復來。此可爲無外心者勸也。此二句言人心行不正之惡。

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