

5. 训有之,内作色荒,外作禽荒。甘酒嗜音,峻宇雕墙。有一于此,未或弗亡。(卷二 尚书)
【白话】皇祖大禹有这样的话:在内迷恋女色,在外迷恋游猎,纵情饮酒毫不节制,贪嗜歌舞不知满足,住在豪宅,雕梁画栋,过度装饰。以上几项只要沉迷于一项,就没有不亡国的。
King Yu of antiquity said: “If a ruler is obsessed with womanizing and hunting, drinking fine wine, singing and dancing, living in lofty mansions with intricate wall paintings and carvings; any one of these will surely bring forth the ruin of his country.”
Scroll 2: Shang Shu


