孫登

孫登

孫登,字公和,汲郡人。無家,居郡北山土窟中。善長肅,好讀易,撫一絃琴,性無恚怒。稽康徔之,一是琴,遊三年,問其所圖,終不答。康將別,謂曰:先生竟無言乎?登曰:子識火乎?火生而有光,而不用其光,果在于用光乎?人生而有才,而不用其才,果在於用才乎?故用光在乎得薪,所以保其耀;用才在乎識真,所以全其年。康又請學琴,登不教之,曰:子才多識寡,難乎免于今之世矣。後登白昇天。

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