減人自益

減人自益

箋曰:孔子言不祥有五,損人而益已,一不祥也。盜愛其室,不愛異室,故竊異室以利其室;賊愛其身,不愛人,故賊人以利其身。損人而益己,乃盜賊之心也。吾聞釜鼓滿者,人槪之,人滿者,天槪之,可不懼哉!纘義曰:公羊傳曰:殺人以自生,亡人以目存,君子

不爲也。燕策引古諺曰:厚者不毀人以自益,仁者不危人以要名。夫人危矣,已未必安,人減矣,己未必益。黃雀螳螂,所宜深鑒者也。注曰:正與推多取少相反,無辭讓之心,非人也。

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