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Condition 1: References "伯夷叔齊餓于首陽之下" Matched:1.
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力命

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1 力命:
力謂命曰:「若之功奚若我哉?」命曰:「汝奚功於物,而欲比朕?」力曰:「壽夭、窮達、貴賤、貧富,我力之所能也。」命曰:「彭祖之智不出堯、舜之上,而壽八百;顏淵之才不出眾人之下,而壽十八。仲尼之德。不出諸侯之下,而困於陳,蔡;殷紂之行,不出三仁之上,而居君位。季札无爵於吳,田恆專有齊國。夷、齊餓於首陽,季氏富於展禽。若是汝力之所能,柰何壽彼而夭此,窮聖而達逆,賤賢而貴愚,貧善而富惡邪?」力曰:「若如若言,我固无功於物,而物若此邪,此則若之所制邪?」命曰:「既謂之命,柰何有制之者邪?朕直而推之,曲而任之。自壽自夭,自窮自達,自貴自賤,自富自貧,朕豈能識之哉?朕豈能識之哉?」

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