莊子

莊子

聴七

莊子,宋人也,名周,字子休。生睢陽蒙縣。爲蒙漆園吏。學無所不窺,要本歸於老子之言。故其著書十餘萬言,大抵率寓言也。其言洸洋自恣,以適己故,自王公大人不能器之。楚威王聞周賢,使使厚幣迎之,許以爲相。周笑謂使者,千金重利,卿相尊位也,子獨不見郊祭之犧牛乎?養食之數歲,衣以文繡,以入太廟,當是之時,欲爲孤豚,其可得乎。子亟去,無汙我。我寧遊戲汙瀆之中自快,無爲有國者所羈。終身不仕,以快吾志焉。唐封南華眞人,書爲南華眞經

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