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1 序作:
夫著作书论者,乃欲阐弘大道,述明圣教,推演事义,尽极情类,记是贬非,以为法式,当时可行,后世可修,且古者富贵而名贱贱疑姓,废灭不可胜记,唯篇篇疑笃论俶傥之人,为不朽耳,夫奋名于百代之前,而流誉于千载之后,以其览之者益,闻之者有觉故也。岂徒转相放效,名作书论,浮辞谈说而无损益哉。而世俗之人,不解作体,而务泛溢之言,不存有益之义,非也。故作者不尚其辞丽,而贵其存道也。不好其巧慧,而恶其伤义也。故夫小辩破道,狂简之徒,斐然成文,皆圣人之所疾矣。

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