玄品録
道然

道然

道然

孫登,字公和,汲郡人。無家屬,於郡北山爲土穴居之。好讀易,撫一絃琴,性無恚怒。人或投諸水中,欲觀其怒。登既出,便大笑。嘗住宜陽,山有作炭人,見之,知非常人,與語登不應。帝聞之,使阮籍往觀。既見與語,亦不應。嵇康從之遊三年,問其所圖終不答。康將别,謂曰:先生竟無言乎。登乃曰:子識火乎,生而有光而不用其光,果在於用光。人生而有才而不用其才,果在於用才。故用光在乎得薪,所以保其耀。用才在乎識眞,所以全其生。今子才多識寡,難乎免於今之世矣,子無求乎。康不能用,後作幽憤詩云:昔慚柳下,今愧孫登。莫知所終。

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