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Condition 1: Contains text "是故汧泉納瀸泉池納汧泉溝納池澮納溝溪納澮川納溪澤納川江河納澤而歸諸海" Matched:1.
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郁離子曰:「人之度量相越也,其猶江海之於瀸泉乎?瀸泉之微,積而至於海,無以尚之矣,而海亦不自知其大也,唯其不自知其大也,故其納不已,而天下之大莫加焉。聖人之為德,亦若是而已。是故汧泉納瀸泉,池納汧泉,溝納池,澮納溝,溪納澮,川納溪,澤納川,江河納澤,而歸諸海。故天子,海也;公、侯、卿、大夫,江河也,川澤也;庶官,溪澮之類,而萬民皆瀸泉也。瀸泉之於海,其相去也不亦大縣絕乎?而其勢必趨焉,其志之感,情之遠,如氣至而蟲鳴也,如雨來而礎潤也。君人者惟德與量俱,而後天下莫不歸焉。德以收之,量以容之,德不廣不能使人來,量不宏不能使人安。故量小而思納大者,禍也。汋谷之蠅不可以陵洪濤,蒿樊之鴽不可以御飄風。大不如海而欲以納江河,難哉!」

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