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贤劳也。’故说诗者，不以文害辞，不以辞
害志。以意逆志，是为得之。如以辞而已矣，
《云汉》之诗曰：‘周余黎民，靡有孑遗［6］。’
信斯言也，是周无遗民也。孝子之至，莫大
乎尊亲；尊亲之至，莫大乎以天下养。为天
子父，尊之至也；以天下养，养之至也。《诗》
曰：‘永言孝思，孝思维则［7］。’此之谓也。
《书》曰：‘祗载见瞽瞍，夔夔齐栗［8］，瞽
瞍亦允若。’是为父不得而子也？”
Xianqiu Meng asked Mencius, saying, “There
is the saying, ‘A scholar of complete virtue may not
be employed as a minister by his sovereign, nor
treated as a son by his father. Shun stood with his
face to the south, and Yao, at the head of all the
princes, appeared before him at court with his face
to the north. Gusou also did the same. When Shun
saw Gusou, his countenance became discomposed.
Confucius said, ‘At this time, in what a perilous
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