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性惡

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12 性惡:
曰:是不然。凡古今天下之所謂善者,正理平治也;所謂惡者,偏險悖亂也:是善惡之分也矣。今誠以人之性固正理平治邪,則有惡用聖王,惡用禮義哉?雖有聖王禮義,將曷加於正理平治也哉?今不然,人之性惡。故古者聖人以人之性惡,以為偏險而不正,悖亂而不治,故為之立君上之埶以臨之,明禮義以化之,起法正以治之,重刑罰以禁之,使天下皆出於治,合於善也。是聖王之治而禮義之化也。今當試去君上之埶,無禮義之化,去法正之治,無刑罰之禁,倚而觀天下民人之相與也。若是,則夫彊者害弱而奪之,眾者暴寡而譁之,天下悖亂而相亡,不待頃矣。用此觀之,然則人之性惡明矣,其善者偽也。

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