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Scope: 本性 Request type: Paragraph
Condition 1: References "中人以上,可以語上也" Matched:1.
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本性

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7 本性:
夫告子之言,謂人之性與水同也。使性若水,可以水喻性,猶金之為金,木之為木也。人善因善,惡亦因惡,初稟天然之姿,受純壹之質,故生而兆見,善惡可察。無分於善惡,可推移者,謂中人也,不善不惡,須教成者也。故孔子曰:「中人以上,可以語上也;中人以下,不可以語上也。」告子之以決水喻者,徒謂中人,不指極善極惡也。孔子曰:「性相近也,習相遠也。」夫中人之性,在所習焉,習善而為善,習惡而為惡也。至於極善極惡,非復在習,故孔子曰:「惟上智與下愚不移。」性有善不善,聖化賢教,不能復移易也。孔子、道德之祖,諸子之中最卓者也,而曰「上智下愚不移」,故知告子之言,未得實也。

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