《·》: | 子曰:「君子惠而不費,勞而不怨,欲而不貪,泰而不驕,威而不猛。」 |
The Master said, "When the person in authority is beneficent without great expenditure; when he lays tasks on the people without their repining; when he pursues what he desires without being covetous; when he maintains a dignified ease without being proud; when he is majestic without being fierce." |
《·》: | 求服其志,不貪其得,故以戰則克,以祭則受福。 |
It was thus sought to bring their wills into subjection, and make them not pursue the animals (in an irregular way). In this way such men conquered in fight, and such sacrificing obtained blessing. |
《》: | 或曰:「貪夫位也,慕夫祿也,何其與?」 |
The other said: Why do you approve of those who covet status and long for salary? |
《·》: | 聞伯夷之風者,貪夫廉而懦夫有立志。 |
The covetous hearing of Bo Yi's fame became disinterested, and the weak resolute. |
《·》: | 舉天下之貪暴苛擾者,必稱此六君也。 |
The whole world points to these six princes as the most greedy and disturbing people. |
《·》: | 莊子之楚,見空髑髏,髐然有形,撽以馬捶,因而問之曰:「夫子貪生失理,而為此乎?」 |
When Zhuangzi went to Chu, he saw an empty skull, bleached indeed, but still retaining its shape. Tapping it with his horse-switch, he asked it, saying, 'Did you, Sir, in your greed of life, fail in the lessons of reason, and come to this?' |
《·》: | 名分已定,貪盜不取。 |
But if the legal title is definite even a poor thief would not take it. |
《·》: | 縉云氏有不才子,貪于飲食,冒于貨賄,天下謂之饕餮。 |
Jinyun had a son devoid of ability, who was greedy in eating and drinking, and pursued wealth blindly. All the people called him Taotie (Glutton). |
《·》: | 今與不善人處,則所聞者欺誣詐偽也,所見者汙漫淫邪貪利之行也,身且加於刑戮而不自知者,靡使然也。 |
《·》: | 君子脩禮以立志,則貪慾之心不來。 |
《·》: | 君舍乎君室,大夫舍乎大夫室,妻楚王之母,貪暴之所致也。 |
《·》: | 卑攝貪利,則抗之以高志。 |
《·》: | 孔子曰:「上敬老則下益孝,上順齒則下益悌,上樂施則下益諒,上親賢則下擇友,上好德則下不隱,上惡貪則下恥爭,上強果則下廉恥,民皆有別,則貞、則正,亦不勞矣,此謂七教。」 |
《·》: | 或曰:惡人貪狼重土,故先削其所重者以懼之也。 |
《·》: | 辭利刻謙謂之廉,反廉為貪。 |
《·》: | 服一國而天下不以為暴,利盡西海而諸侯不以為貪,是我一舉而名實附也,又有禁暴正亂之名。 |
《·》: | 召公見周公之既反政,而猶不知,疑其貪位,周公為之作《》,然後悅。 |
《·》: | 儒有委之以貨財而不貪,淹之以樂好而不淫,劫之以眾而不懼,阻之以兵而不攝。 |
《·》: | 是貪民也,必將敗其類。 |
《·》: | 測曰,「血剛」「沈顙」、終以貪敗也。 |
《》: | 今數為民害者,咎在貪殘居職使然。 |
《·》: | 幽則利欲之所為發,沈則貪得之所為施。 |
《·》: | 公祿貶則私利生,私利生則廉者匱而貪者豐也。 |
《·》: | 賤珍則人去貪。 |
《·》: | 幽莫幽於貪鄙。 |
《·》: | 於是中聖乃設辟雍庠序之教,以正上下之儀,明父子之禮、君臣之義,使強不凌弱、眾不暴寡,棄貪鄙之心,興清潔之行。 |
《》: | 貪利傷民,則蝗蟲損稼。 |
《·》: | 鮑叔不以我為貪知我貧也。 |
《·》: | 聖人捐物,從理與舍,眾人域域,迫於嗜欲,小知立趨,好惡自懼,夸者死權,自貴矜容,列士徇名,貪夫徇財,至博不給,知時何羞,不肖繫俗,賢爭於時,細故袃蒯,奚足以疑,事成欲得,又奚足夸,千言萬說,卒賞謂何。 |
《·》: | 夫上好取而無量,即下貪功而無讓,民貧苦而分爭生,事力勞而無功,智詐萌生,盜賊滋彰,上下相怨,號令不行,夫水濁者魚噞,政苛者民亂,上多欲即下多詐,上煩擾即下不定,上多求即下交爭,不治其本而救之於末,無以異於鑿渠而止水,抱薪而救火。 |
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《·》: | 當此時也,隨荊以兵則荊可舉,荊可舉,則民足貪也,地足利也。 |
《·》: | 飲過度者生水,食過度者生貪。 |
《·》: | 夫民貪行躁而誅罰輕,罪過不發,則是長淫亂而便邪僻也。 |
《·》: | 禁暴救亂曰義,恃眾以伐曰彊,因怒興師曰剛,棄禮貪利曰暴,國亂人疲舉事動眾曰逆。 |
《·》: | 五曰:讒佞苟得以求官爵,果敢輕死以貪祿秩,不圖大事,得利而動。 |
《·》: | 師老將貪,爭掠易敗。 |
《·》: | 故曰:莫不貪強,鮮能守微,若能守微,乃保其生。 |
《·》: | 夫國非其有也,而欲有之,可謂至貪也。 |
《·》: | 人傷堯以不慈之名,舜以卑父之號,禹以貪位之意,湯、武以放弒之謀,五伯以侵奪之事。 |
《·》: | 天下紛錯,上無明主,公侯無道德,則小人讒賊、賢人不用、聖人竄匿,貪利詐偽者作。 |