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道家 -> 庄子 -> 杂篇 -> 盗跖 -> 3.1

Mr. Dissatisfied asked Mr. Know-the-Mean, saying,
'There is no man after all who does not strive for reputation and pursue after gain.
When men are rich, then others go to them.
Going to them, they put themselves beneath them.
In that position they do honour to them as nobler than themselves.
But to see others taking that position and doing honour to us is the way to prolong life,
and to secure the rest of the body and the satisfaction of the mind.
You alone, Sir, however, have no idea of this.
Is it that your knowledge is deficient?
Is it that you have the knowledge, but want the strength to carry it into practice?
?”Or is it that your mind is made up to do what you consider right, and never allow yourself to forget it?'
Know-the-Mean replied,
'Here now is this man judging of us, his contemporaries, and living in the same neighbourhood as himself,
that we consider ourselves scholars who have abjured all vulgar ways and risen above the world.
He is entirely without the thought of submitting to the rule of what is right.
He therefore studies ancient times and the present,
and the differing questions about the right and wrong,
and agrees with the vulgar ideas and influences of the age,
abandoning what is most important
and discarding what is most honourable,
in order to be free to act as he does.
But is he not wide of the mark when he thinks that this is the way to promote long life, and to secure the rest of the body and the satisfaction of the mind?
He has his painful afflictions
and his quiet repose,
but he does not inquire how his body is so variously affected;
he has his apprehensive terrors,
and his happy joys,
but he does not inquire how his mind has such different experiences.
He knows how to pursue his course, but he does not know why he does so.
天子 Even if he had the dignity of the Son of Heaven,
天下 and all the wealth of the kingdom were his,
。” he would not be beyond the reach of misfortunes and evils.'


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