無能子
老君說第三

老君說第三

老君說第三

孔子定禮樂,明舊章,删,修春秋,將以正人倫之序,杜亂臣賊子之心,往告於老聃。聃曰:夫治大國者,若烹小鮮,蹂於刀几則爛矣。自昔聖人創物立事,誘動人情,人情失於自然,而夭其性命者,紛然矣。今汝又文而縟之,以繁人情,人情繁則怠,怠則詐,詐則益亂,所謂伐天眞而矜己者也,天禍必及。孔子懼,然亦不能遂已。既而削跡於衛,伐樹於宋,饑於陳蔡,圍於匡,皇皇汲汲,幾於不免。孔子顧謂顔回曰:老聃之言,豈是謂乎?

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