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Confucianism -> Yangzi Fayan -> Five Hundred Years -> 7

,「孔子?」Someone asked: When Confucius knew that his dao could not be realized, then where did he take it?
:「君子。」Yangzi said: To junzi of later generations.
:「?」The other said: If a merchant were like this, he would be dull-witted indeed!
Yangzi said:
The more sharply a common man seeks profit, the duller he becomes.
聖人The duller the sage becomes, the sharper his profit.
He would not feel regrets before a hundred [generations of] sages;
he would not be ashamed before the whole world.
Among men,
none can surpass him.
Honor without equal,
or wealth without comparison:
。」 which profit is greater?


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