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6. 咸有一德

伊尹既復政厥辟,將告歸,乃陳戒于德。

曰:「嗚呼!天難諶,命靡常。常厥德,保厥位,厥德匪常,九有以亡。夏王弗克庸德,慢神虐民,皇天弗保,監于萬方,啟迪有命。眷求一德,俾作神主。惟尹躬暨湯,咸有一德,克享天心,受天明命。以有九有之師,爰革夏正,非天私我有商,惟天佑于一德,非商求于下民,惟民歸于一德,德惟一,動罔不吉;德二三,動罔不兇。惟吉兇不僭在人,惟天降災祥在德。

「今嗣王新服厥命,惟新厥德,終始惟一,時乃日新,任官惟賢材,左右惟其人,臣為上為德,為下為民,其難其慎,惟和惟一。德無常師,主善為師;善無常主,協于克一。俾萬姓咸曰:『大哉王言!』又曰:『一哉王心!』克綏先王之祿,永厎烝民之生。

嗚呼!七世之廟,可以觀德;萬夫之長,可以觀政。後非民罔使,民非後罔事,無自廣以狹人,匹夫匹婦,不獲自盡,民主罔與成厥功。」

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