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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Ze-yang -> 6 - Additional information
長梧封人問子牢曰:「君為政焉勿鹵莽,治民焉勿滅裂。昔予為禾,耕而鹵莽之,則其實亦鹵莽而報予;芸而滅裂之,其實亦滅裂而報予。予來年變齊,深其耕而熟耰之,其禾蘩以滋,予終年厭飧。」莊子聞之曰:「今人之治其形,理其心,多有似封人之所謂:遁其天,離其性,滅其情,亡其神,以眾為。故鹵莽其性者,欲惡之孽,為性萑葦蒹葭,始萌以扶吾形,尋擢吾性,並潰漏發,不擇所出,漂疽疥癕,內熱溲膏是也。」