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Condition 1: Contains text "伊尹為宰百里奚為虜皆所以干其上也此二人者皆聖人也然猶不能無役身以進如此其汙也" Matched:1.
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說難

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4 說難:
凡說之務,在知飾所說之所矜而滅其所恥。彼有私急也,必以公義示而強之。其意有下也,然而不能己,說者因為之飾其美而少其不為也。其心有高也,而實不能及,說者為之舉其過而見其惡而多其不行也。有欲矜以智能,則為之舉異事之同類者,多為之地,使之資說於我,而佯不知也以資其智。欲內相存之言,則必以美名明之,而微見其合於私利也。欲陳危害之事,則顯其毀誹而微見其合於私患也。譽異人與同行者,規異事與同計者。有與同汙者,則必以大飾其無傷也;有與同敗者,則必以明飾其無失也。彼自多其力,則毋以其難概之也;自勇其斷,則無以其謫怒之;自智其計,則毋以其敗窮之。大意無所拂悟,辭言無所繫縻,然後極騁智辯焉,此道所得親近不疑而得盡辭也。伊尹為宰,百里奚為虜,皆所以干其上也,此二人者,皆聖人也,然猶不能無役身以進,如此其汙也。今以吾言為宰虜,而可以聽用而振世,此非能仕之所恥也。夫曠日離久,而周澤既渥,深計而不疑,引爭而不罪,則明割利害以致其功,直指是非以飾其身,以此相持,此說之成也。

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