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Confucianism -> Xin Shu -> 卷八 -> 道德说 -> 9 - Parallel passages[More information]
命者,物皆得道德之施以生,则泽润性气神明,及形体之位分、数度,各有极量指奏矣。此皆所受其道德,非以嗜欲取舍然也。其受此具也,礐然有定矣,不可得辞也,故曰命。命者,不得毋生,生则有形,形而道德性神明因载于物形,故礐坚谓之命。命生形,通之以定。