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古者黔首悗密惷愚,故可以虛名取也。今民儇詗智慧,欲自用,不聽上,上必且勸之以賞然後可進,又且畏之以罰然後不敢退。而世皆曰:「許由讓天下,賞不足以勸;盜跖犯刑赴難,罰不足以禁。」臣曰:未有天下而無以天下為者許由是也,已有天下而無以天下為者堯、舜是也;毀廉求財,犯刑趨利,忘身之死者,盜跖是也。此二者殆物也,治國用民之道也不以此二者為量。治也者,治常者也;道也者,道常者也。殆物妙言,治之害也。天下太平之士,不可以賞勸也;天下太平之士,不可以刑禁也。然為太上士不設賞,為太下士不設刑,則治國用民之道失矣。故世人多不言國法而言從橫。諸侯言從者曰:「從成必霸」,而言橫者曰「橫成必王」,山東之言從橫未嘗一日而止也,然而功名不成,霸王不立者,虛言非所以成治也。王者獨行謂之王,是以三王不務離合而正,五霸不待從橫而察,治內以裁外而已矣。

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