省心錄
省心錄

省心錄

省心錄

寡言省謗,寡欲保身。行坦途者,肆而忽,故疾走則蹶。行險途者,畏而愼,故徐步則不跌。然後知安樂有致死之道,憂患爲養生之本,可不省諸?廣積聚者,遺子孫以禍害。多聲色者,殘性命以斤斧。務名者,害其身。多財者,禍其後。善惡報緩者,非天網踈,是欲成君子而㓕小人也。禍福者,天地所以愛人也,如雷雨雪霜,皆欲生成萬物。故君子恐懼而畏,小人僥倖而忽。畏其禍,則福生,忽其福,則禍至。傳所謂禍福無門,惟人所召也。以忠沽名者,訐;以信沽名有詐;以廉沽名耆貪;以潔沽名者,汚。忠信廉潔,立身之本,非釣名之具也。有一於此,鄕原之徒,又何足取哉?

爲巳重者,不仁。好廣積者,不義。足恭者,無禮。貪名者,無智。

End of chapter

Text and scans: Shidian Guji (Peking University – ByteDance open ancient texts). Edition details are given per book. Shidian Guji

21 / 56
p. 21
Loading…
Tap a character in the text and it is boxed on the scan; tap a box on the scan to locate it in the text. Keys: [ ] turn pages, 1 2 3 switch views.