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孟子荀卿列傳

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其次騶衍,後孟子。騶衍睹有國者益淫侈,不能尚德,若大雅整之於身,施及黎庶矣。乃深觀陰陽消息而作怪迂之變,終始、大聖之篇十餘萬言。其語閎大不經,必先驗小物,推而大之,至於無垠。先序今以上至黃帝,學者所共術,大并世盛衰,因載其禨祥度制,推而遠之,至天地未生,窈冥不可考而原也。先列中國名山大川,通谷禽獸,水土所殖,物類所珍,因而推之,及海外人之所不能睹。稱引天地剖判以來,五德轉移,治各有宜,而符應若茲。以為儒者所謂中國者,於天下乃八十一分居其一分耳。中國名曰赤縣神州。赤縣神州內自有九州,禹之序九州是也,不得為州數。中國外如赤縣神州者九,乃所謂九州也。於是有裨海環之,人民禽獸莫能相通者,如一區中者,乃為一州。如此者九,乃有大瀛海環其外,天地之際焉。其術皆此類也。然要其歸,必止乎仁義節儉,君臣上下六親之施,始也濫耳。王公大人初見其術,懼然顧化,其後不能行之。

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