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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> The Robber Zhi -> 2.2 - Additional information
子张曰:“昔者桀、纣贵为天子,富有天下,今谓臧聚曰‘汝行如桀、纣’,则有怍色,有不服之心者,小人所贱也。仲尼、墨翟,穷为匹夫,今谓宰相曰‘子行如仲尼、墨翟’,则变容易色称不足者,士诚贵也。故势为天子,未必贵也;穷为匹夫,未必贱也。贵贱之分,在行之美恶。”满苟得曰:“小盗者拘,大盗者为诸侯,诸侯之门,义士存焉。昔者桓公小白杀兄入嫂而管仲为臣,田成子常杀君窃国而孔子受币。论则贱之,行则下之,则是言行之情悖战于胸中也,不亦拂乎!故《书》曰:‘孰恶孰美?成者为首,不成者为尾。’”