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中国哲学书电子化计划
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道家 -> 庄子 -> 外篇 -> 天运 -> 4.3

且子独不见夫桔槔者乎？And have you not seen the working of a shadoof?
引之则俯，When (the rope of) it is pulled, it bends down;
舍之则仰。and when it is let go, it rises up.
彼，人之所引， It is pulled by a man,
非引人也， and does not pull the man;
故俯仰而不得罪于人。and so, whether it bends down or rises up, it commits no offence against the man.
故夫三皇、五帝之礼义法度，不矜于同而矜于治。故譬三皇、五帝之礼义法度，其犹柤梨橘柚邪！In the same way the rules of propriety, righteousness, laws, and measures of the three Huangs and five Dis derived their excellence, not from their being the same as those of the present day, but from their (aptitude for) government.
其味相反，而皆可于口。We may compare them to haws, pears, oranges, and pummeloes, which are different in flavour, but all suitable to be eaten.

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