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「世俗所謂不孝者五，
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莊子 · 胠篋第十世俗所謂故嘗試論之，世俗所謂知者，有不為大盜積者乎？所謂聖者，有不為大盜守者乎？何以知其然邪？
莊子 · 盜跖第二十九不顧父母樞戶，驅人牛馬，取人婦女，貪得忘親，不顧父母兄弟，不祭先祖。
孟子 · 離婁下顧父母之好貨財，私妻子，不顧父母之養，三不孝也；從耳目之欲，以為父母戮，四不孝也；好勇鬭很，以危父母，五不孝也。
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- Work
- 孟子 · Mencius
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Meng Ke (Mencius) and his followers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0001 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_008.txt, lines 551–558. MENG 4B30:02; tr. D. C. Lau 1.173
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