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34 问孔:
孔子称曰:“死生有命,富贵在天。”若此者,人之死生,自有长短,不在操行善恶也。成事:颜渊蚤死,孔子谓之短命,由此知短命夭死之人,必有邪行也。子路入道虽浅,闻孔子之言,知死生之实。孔子誓以“予所鄙者、天厌之”,独不为子路言:“夫子惟命未当死,天安得厌杀之乎?”若此,誓子路以“天厌之”,终不见信。不见信,则孔子自解,终不解也。

44 问孔:
夫人富贵,在天命乎?在人知也?如在天命,知术求之不能得;如在人,孔子何为言“死生有命,富贵在天?”夫谓富不受命,而自知术得之,贵亦可不受命,而自以努力求之。世无不受贵命而自得贵,亦知无不受富命而自得富者。成事:孔子不得富贵矣,周流应聘,行说诸侯,智穷策困,还定《诗》、《书》,望绝无冀,称“已矣夫”。自知无贵命,周流无补益也。孔子知己不受贵命,周流求之不能得,而谓赐不受富命,而以术知得富,言行相违,未晓其故。

45 问孔:
或曰:“欲攻子贡之短也。子贡不好道德,而徒好货殖,故攻其短,欲令穷服而更其行节。”夫攻子贡之短,可言“赐不好道德,而货殖焉。”何必立“不受命”,与前言“富贵在天”相违反也?

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