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Condition 1: Contains text "矜勇有力詐虐無親貪嗇專利功勤不賞有一范增既不能用又從而疑之至令憤氣傷心疽發而死" Matched:1.
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慎所從

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6 慎所從:
問曰:「夫人莫不好生而惡死,好樂而惡憂。然觀其舉措也,或去生而就死,或去樂而就憂。將好惡與人異乎?」曰:「非好惡與人異也,乃所以求生與求樂者失其道也,譬如迷者欲南而反北也。今略舉一驗以言之,昔項羽既敗,為漢兵所追,乃謂其餘騎曰:『吾起兵至今八年,身經七十餘戰,所擊者服,遂霸天下。今而困於此,此天亡我,非戰之罪也。』斯皆存亡所由欲南反北者也。夫攻戰、王者之末事也,非所以取天下也。王者之取天下也,有大本,有仁智之謂也。仁則萬國懷之,智則英雄歸之,御萬國,揔英雄,以臨四海,其誰與爭?若夫攻城必拔,野戰必克,將帥之事也。羽以小人之器,闇於帝王之教,謂取天下一由攻戰。矜勇有力,詐虐無親,貪嗇專利,功勤不賞,有一范增,既不能用,又從而疑之,至令憤氣傷心,疽發而死。豪傑背叛,謀士違離,以至困窮,身為之虜。然猶不知所以失之,反瞋目潰圍,斬將取旗,以明非戰之罪,何其謬之甚歟?高祖數其十罪,蓋其大略耳。若夫纖介之失,世所不聞,其可數哉?且亂君之未亡也,人不敢諫;及其亡也,人莫能窮;是以至死而不寤,亦何足怪哉?」

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