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饕餮篇第五十一

饕餮篇第五十一

饕餮篇第五十一

饕餮可欲,狂蕩貪濫,天民之殘寇也。揣度奇物,以悅私情,内有遑遽之心,外有怵惕之恐。駈馳羈縻,不守命分,終身疲役,利貨相推。則畏鬼責,眀則畏人非。須臾曾不寧救,未止休息,以至於刑憲,不終其天年,中道而夭,則遁天倍情之俗愚,忘乎所受。將鑿垣墉,種殖蓬蒿也,不亦力殫戔戔也哉。且民之飢,以其上食稅之多。是以聖人博施不積恩,推四海治天下而不恃乎蓄。夫惟天道利而不害,地道生而不辭,而不爲主。帝王之道,廣濟而不歛,愛養運載,无欲无爲,故得萬物成熟而自足。

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