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意而子見許由,許由曰:「堯何以資汝?」意而子曰:「堯謂我:『汝必躬服仁義,而明言是非。』」許由曰:「而奚為來軹?夫堯既已黥汝以仁義,而劓汝以是非矣,汝將何以遊夫遙蕩、恣睢、轉徙之途乎?」意而子曰:「雖然,吾願遊於其藩。」許由曰:「不然。夫盲者無以與乎眉目顏色之好,瞽者無以與乎青黃黼黻之觀。」意而子曰:「夫無莊之失其美,據梁之失其力,黃帝之亡其知,皆在鑪捶之間耳。庸詎知夫造物者之不息我黥而補我劓,使我乘成以隨先生邪?」許由曰:「噫!未可知也。我為汝言其大略。吾師乎!吾師乎!齏萬物而不為義,澤及萬世而不為仁,長於上古而不為老,覆載天地、刻彫眾形而不為巧。此所遊已。」