釋氏稽古略 2.19

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學箴　晉司徒王導以李充為丞相掾。充以時俗崇尚浮虛。乃著學箴。以為老子云。絕仁棄義民復孝慈。豈仁義之道絕。然後孝慈乃生哉。蓋患乎情仁義者寡而利仁義者眾。將寄責於聖人而遣累乎陳迹也。凡人見形者。眾及道者鮮。逐迹逾篤。離本逾遠。故作學箴。以祛其蔽曰。名之攸彰。道之攸廢。乃損所隆。乃崇所替。非仁無以長物。非義無以齊恥。仁義固不可遠。去其害仁義者而已（晉書李充傳）。

"Admonition on Learning"
晉 Chancellor Wang Dao employed Li Chong as an assistant officer to the Chancellor. Because contemporary customs revered superficiality and vacuity, Chong wrote the "Admonition on Learning." He took the view that Laozi said: "Banish humaneness and discard righteousness, and the people will return to filial piety and maternal love." But could it be that filial piety and maternal love arise only after the way of humaneness and righteousness is abandoned? It was rather that he was troubled by the scarcity of those who genuinely embrace humaneness and righteousness and the abundance of those who seek profit through humaneness and righteousness; he intended to lodge his reproof with the sages and cast off the entanglements of obsolete conventions. In general, those who see the forms are many, while those who attain the Way are few. The more earnestly they chase after the traces, the farther they depart from the root. Therefore, he composed the "Admonition on Learning" to dispel their blindness, saying: "Where reputation is made manifest, the Way falls into ruin. Thus diminish what is promoted, and honor what is neglected. Without humaneness, there is nothing by which to nurture living things; without righteousness, there is nothing by which to regulate shame. Humaneness and righteousness indeed cannot be abandoned; one must simply remove that which harms humaneness and righteousness" (Book of Jin, Biography of Li Chong).