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| 2021-09-04 17:36:34A missing passage |
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| Posted by: estherklein (Esther Klein) | Note that just after 汙為江, commentator Pan Sui 盼遂 (as reflected in the Zhonghua Shuju edition of 論衡校釋) notes that there are--he thinks--400 characters missing from many editions, which he supplies from a Yuan edition. The base text for the version here lacks them, also with signs of disruption to the text. The characters are: ....汙為江河矣。夫如是，市虎之訛，投杼之誤，不足怪，則玉變為石，珠化為礫，不足詭也。何則？昧心冥冥之知使之然也。文王所以為糞土，而惡來所以為金玉也，非紂憎聖而好惡也，心知惑蔽。蔽惑不能審，則微子十去，比干五剖，未足痛也。故三監讒聖人，周公奔楚。後母毀孝子，伯奇放流。當時周世孰有不惑乎？後鴟鴞作，而黍離興，諷詠之者，乃悲傷之。故無雷風之變，周公之惡不滅；當夏不隕霜，鄒衍之罪不除。德不能感天，誠不能動變，君子篤信審己也，安能遏累害於人？聖賢不治名，害至不免辟，形章墨短，掩匿白長，不理身冤，不弭流言，受垢取毀，不求潔完，故惡見而善不彰，行缺而跡不顯。邪偽之人，治身以巧俗，脩詐以偶眾，猶漆盤盂之工，穿墻不見；弄丸劍之倡，手指不知也。世不見短，故共稱之；將不聞惡，故顯用之。夫如是，世俗之所謂賢潔者，未必非惡；所謂邪污者，未必非善也。或曰：「言有招患，行有召恥，所在常由小人。」夫小人性患恥者也，含邪而生，懷偽而遊，沐浴累害之中，何招召之有？故夫火生者不傷濕，水居者無溺患，火不苦熱，水不痛寒，氣性自然焉。〔召〕招之，君子也，以忠言招患，以高行招恥，何世不然？然而太山之惡，君子不得名；
... then it picks back up with 毛髮之善，小人不得有也 as we have here. |
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