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尽
心
上
13.1
孟子曰：“尽其心者，知其性也。知其性，
则知天矣。存其心，养其性，所以事天也。殀［1］
寿不贰，修身以俟［2］之，所以立命也。”
Mencius said, “He who has exhausted all his
mental constitution knows his nature. Knowing his
nature, he knows Heaven. To preserve one’s mental
constitution, and nourish one’s nature, is the way to
serve Heaven. When neither a premature death nor
long life causes a man any double-mindedness, but
he waits in the cultivation of his personal character
for whatever issue; —this is the way in which he
establishes his Heaven-ordained being.”
【注释】［1］殀：同“夭”，夭亡，短命。［2］
俟（s#）：等待。
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