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宥坐

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孔子為魯司寇,有父子訟者,孔子拘之,三月不別。其父請止,孔子舍之。季孫聞之,不說,曰:「是老也欺予。語予曰:為國家必以孝。今殺一人以戮不孝!又舍之。」冉子以告。孔子慨然歎曰:「嗚呼!上失之,下殺之,其可乎?不教其民,而聽其獄,殺不辜也。三軍大敗,不可斬也;獄犴不治,不可刑也,罪不在民故也。嫚令謹誅,賊也。今生也有時,歛也無時,暴也;不教而責成功,虐也。已此三者,然後刑可即也。《》曰:『義刑義殺,勿庸以即,予維曰未有順事。』言先教也。故先王既陳之以道,上先服之;若不可,尚賢以綦之;若不可,廢不能以單之;綦三年而百姓從風1矣。邪民不從,然後俟之以刑,則民知罪矣。《》曰:『尹氏大師,維周之氐;秉國之均,四方是維;天子是庳,卑民不迷。』是以威厲而不試,刑錯而不用,此之謂也。今之世則不然:亂其教,繁其刑,其民迷惑而墮焉,則從而制之,是以刑彌繁,而邪不勝。三尺之岸而虛車不能登也,百仞之山任負車登焉,何則?陵遲故也。數仞之牆而民不踰也,百仞之山而豎子馮而游焉,陵遲故也。今之世陵遲已久矣,而能使民勿踰乎,《》曰:『周道如砥,其直如矢。君子所履,小人所視。眷焉顧之,潸焉出涕。』豈不哀哉!」

1. 從風 : Originally read: "往". 據《群書治要》本補,說見王念孫《讀書雜志》、王先謙《荀子集解》。

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