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《時難》

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1 時難:
抱朴子曰:盡節無隱者,可為也。若夫使言必納而身必安者,須時。時之否也。夫奸凶之徒妒所不逮,擁上抑下,惡直醜正,憂畏公方之彈擊邪枉,是以務除勝己以紓其誅。明主不世而出,庸君迷於皂白,既不能受用忠益,或乃宣泄至言。於是弘恭石顯之徒,飾巧辭以構象似,假至公以售私奸。令獻長生之術者,反獲立死之罪;進安上之計者,旋受危身之禍。故曰:非言之難也,談之時難也。

2 時難:
夫以賢說聖,猶未必即受,故伊尹乾湯,至於七十也。以智告愚,則必不入,故文諫紂,終不納也。言不見信,猶之可也。若乃李斯之誅韓非,龐涓之刖孫臏,上官之毀屈平,袁盎之中晁錯,不可勝載也。為臣不易,豈一途也哉!蓋往而不反者,所以功在身後;而藏器俟時者,所以百無一遇。高勛之臣曠代而一有;陷冰之徒,委積乎史策。悲夫,時之難遇也,如此其甚哉!由茲以言,吾知渭濱呂尚之儔,岩間傅說之屬,懷其王佐之器,抱其邈世之材,秉竿擁築,老死於庸兒之伍,而遂不遭文王高宗者,必不訾矣。

URN: ctp:baopuzi/shi-nan