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察今

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夫不敢議法者,眾庶也;以死守者,有司也;因時變法者,賢主也。是故有天下七十一聖,其法皆不同,非務相反也,時勢異也。故曰良劍期乎斷,不期乎鏌邪;良馬期乎千里,不期乎驥驁。夫成功名者,此先王之千里也。楚人有涉江者,其劍自舟中墜於水,遽契其舟曰:「是吾劍之所從墜。」舟止,從其所契者入水求之。舟已行矣,而劍不行,求劍若此,不亦惑乎?以此故法為其國與此同。時已徙矣,而法不徙,以此為治,豈不難哉?有過於江上者,見人方引嬰兒而欲投之江中,嬰兒啼,人問其故,曰:「此其父善游。」其父雖善游,其子豈遽善游哉?此任物亦必悖矣。荊國之為政,有似於此。

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