金光明經文句記 1.229

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二、對五經。不殺對《尚書》者，《尚書》斷自唐虞已下，則尊禪讓而鄙殺伐也。夫子以周室微弱號令不行，乃約《魯史》而修《春秋》以代賞罰，使亂臣賊子懼，故對不盜戒也。禮有五焉，周禮大宗伯之職曰「以吉禮事邦國之鬼神祇（事謂祀之祭之享之），以凶禮哀邦國之憂（哀謂救患及災），以賓禮親邦國（親謂使之親附），以軍禮同邦國（同謂威其不協及僣差者），以嘉禮親萬民（嘉，善也。所以因人心所善而為制也）。」邪婬是不以禮交，所以用嘉禮以戒邪婬也。《詩》者，善則頌、惡則刺，非妄語也。《易》者，窮理盡性之書，潔淨精微之教。飲酒昏亂者，豈能窮其理盡其性乎？

Second, matching with the Five Classics. Non-killing corresponds to the Shangshu (Classic of History), because the Shangshu begins from the reigns of Yao and Shun downward, thus esteeming abdication and despising killing and conquest. The Master, seeing the royal house of Zhou weak and its commands unheeded, based himself on the Lu history to compose the Spring and Autumn Annals in order to substitute for rewards and punishments, causing treacherous ministers and rebel sons to fear; hence it corresponds to the precept of non-stealing. Propriety has five types: the duties of the Grand Master of Rites in the Rites of Zhou state: 'Employing auspicious rites to serve the ghosts, spirits, and earthly deities of the states (to serve means to sacrifice, make offerings, and feast them); employing inauspicious rites to mourn the afflictions of the states (to mourn means to relieve distress and disaster); employing guest rites to draw close the states (to draw close means to cause them to adhere in friendship); employing military rites to unify the states (to unify means to overawe those who are discordant or usurpative); employing celebratory rites to draw close the myriad people (celebratory means good; it refers to establishing regulations based on what human hearts consider good).' Sexual misconduct is intercourse without propriety, so celebratory rites are used to regulate sexual misconduct. As for the Shijing (Classic of Poetry), when there is good, it praises, and when there is evil, it satirizes; it contains no false speech. The Yijing (Classic of Changes) is a text that exhausts principle and plumbs human nature, a teaching of purity and subtle precision. How could one who is intoxicated and disordered by alcohol ever exhaust its principle or plumb its nature?