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Condition 1: Contains text "故小枉大直君子為之" Matched:1.
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御史曰:「伊尹以割烹事湯,百里以飯牛要穆公,始為苟合,信然與之霸王。如此,何言不從?何道不行?故商君以王道說孝公,不用,即以彊國之道,卒以就功。鄒子以儒術干世主,不用,即以變化始終之論,卒以顯名。故馬效千里,不必胡、代;士貴成功,不必文辭。孟軻守舊術,不知世務,故困於梁宋。孔子能方不能圓,故飢於黎丘。今晚世之儒勤德,時有乏匱,言以為非,困此不行。自周室以來,千有餘歲,獨有文、武、成、康,如言必參一焉,取所不能及而稱之,猶躄者能言遠不能行也。聖人異塗同歸,或行或止,其趣一也。商君雖革法改教,志存於彊國利民。鄒子之作,變化之術,亦歸於仁義。祭仲自貶損以行權,時也。故小枉大直,君子為之。今硜硜然守一道,引尾生之意,即晉文之譎諸侯以尊周室不足道,而管仲蒙恥辱以存亡不足稱也。」

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