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敬慎

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11 敬慎:
孔子曰:「存亡禍福,皆在己而已,天災地妖,亦不能殺也。」昔者殷王帝辛之時,爵生烏於城之隅,工人占之曰:「凡小以生巨,國家必祉,王名必倍。」帝辛喜爵之德,不治國家,亢暴無極,外寇乃至,遂亡殷國,此逆天之時,詭福反為禍至。殷王武丁之時,先王道缺,刑法弛,桑穀俱生於朝,七月而大拱,工人占之曰:「桑穀者,野物也;野物生於朝,意朝亡乎!」武丁恐駭,側身修行,思先王之政,興滅國,繼絕世,舉逸民,明養老之道;三年之後,遠方之君,重譯而朝者六國,此迎天時得禍反為福也。故妖孽者,天所以警天子諸侯也;惡夢者,所以警士大夫也。故妖孽不勝善政,惡夢不勝善行也;至治之極,禍反為福。故《太甲》曰:「天作孽,猶可違;

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