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《春秋》曰:“西狩获死驎,人以示孔子。孔子曰:‘孰为来哉?孰为来哉?’反袂拭面,泣涕沾襟。”儒者说之,以为天以驎命孔子,孔子、不王之圣也。夫驎为圣王来,孔子自以不王,而时王鲁君无感驎之德,怪其来而不知所为,故曰:“孰为来哉?孰为来哉?”知其不为治平而至,为己道穷而来,望绝心感,故涕泣沾襟。以孔子言“孰为来哉”,知驎为圣王来也。曰:前孔子之时,世儒已传此说。孔子闻此说,而希见其物也,见驎之至,怪所为来。实者、驎至无所为来,常有之物也,行迈鲁泽之中,而鲁国见其物,遭获之也。孔子见驎之获,获而又死,则自比于驎,自谓道绝不复行,将为小人所徯获也。故孔子见驎而自泣者,据其见得而死也,非据其本所为来也。然则驎之至也,自与兽会聚也,其死,人杀之也。使驎有知,为圣王来,时无圣王,何为来乎?思虑深,避害远,何故为鲁所获杀乎?夫以时无圣王而驎至,知不为圣王来也;为鲁所获杀,知其避害不能远也。圣兽不能自免于难,圣人亦不能自免于祸。祸难之事,圣者所不能避,而云凤、驎思虑深、避害远,妄也。

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