说苑/賢人君子者，通乎盛衰之時，明乎成敗之端，察乎治亂之紀，審乎人情，知所去就。

賢人君子者，通乎盛衰之時，明乎成敗之端，察乎治亂之紀，審乎人情，知所去就。

故雖窮不處亡國之勢，雖貧不受汙君之祿。

是以太公年七十而不自達，孫叔敖三去相而不自悔。

Eric Henry

A man of worth and accomplishment is well versed with regard to cycles of resurgence and decline, has a clear grasp of the causes of victory and defeat, is discriminating with regard to indications of social order and the lack thereof, is a good judge of human character, and is knowledgeable with regard to developmental processes.

何則？

不強合非其人也。

太公一合於周，而侯七百歲。

孫叔敖一合於楚，而封十世。

Eric Henry

And so, though such a person may have nowhere to turn, he will not live in a state that is advancing toward destruction; and, though poor, he will not accept stipends from a deluded ruler.

大夫種存亡越而霸勾踐，賜死於前。

李斯積功於秦，而卒被五刑。

盡忠憂君，危身安國，其功一也，或以封侯而不絕，或以賜死而被刑，所慕所由異也。

故箕子棄國而佯狂，范蠡去越而易名，智過去君弟而更姓，皆見遠識微，而仁能去富勢，以避萌生之禍者也。

Eric Henry

This is why Tai-gong reached the age of seventy without thrusting himself into prominence1 and why Sun Shu Ao left his prime minister’s position three times without feeling regret.

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