一切經音義 22.58

22.58

無所適莫（適丁歷反蜀志諸葛亮曰事以覆踈易奪為益無莫為平人情苦親親而踈踈故適莫之道廢人皆樂人從己不樂己從人故易奪之義廢也論語云子曰君子之於天下無適無莫也漢書集注曰適主也尒雅曰莫定也謂普於一切無偏主親無偏定踈）。

Wu suo shimuo 無所適莫 [without partiality or aversion] (Shi 適 is pronounced ding + li [díl. In the Records of Shu, Zhuge Liang says: 'In managing affairs, overturning and dispersing, exchanging and taking are considered beneficial, while having no partiality is considered balance. Human emotions suffer from being close to relatives and distant to strangers; hence the path of partiality and aversion is abandoned. Everyone rejoices when others follow them and dislikes following others; hence the principle of exchange and yielding is abandoned.' The Analects states: 'The Master said: The gentleman in the world has no partiality and no aversion.' The Collected Commentaries on the Hanshu say: 'Shi 適 means to favor; the Erya says: Mo 莫 means fixed.' It means that toward all beings universally, one neither favors anyone with biased closeness nor fixes anyone with biased distance).