子曰：「小人不恥不仁，不畏不義，不見利不勸，不威不懲，小懲而大誡，此小人之福也。
易曰：『履校滅趾无咎，此之謂也』。」
孔子說：“世上令人感到可耻可畏的是不仁不義，但小人却不以不仁爲耻，不怕背信弃義，甘心去做傷天害理的事情，純粹以利爲義，無利益可得，就不知道勤勉向上，不用刑罰來恫嚇，就不知道害怕。能在犯小過之初，受了懲罰而知道處事要謹慎，就不至于釀成滔天大禍，實在是小人的幸運了。
《易經》噬嗑卦初九爻辭上說：‘最初犯有輕微刑法的人，被加上脚鐐的刑具，將他的脚趾納入刑具裏，把足趾都滅沒了，雖受刑，但過失尚小，能從此改過自新，也就無咎了。’The Master said: - 'The small man is not ashamed of what is not benevolent, nor does he fear to do what is not righteous. Without the prospect of gain he does not stimulate himself to what is good, nor does he correct himself without being moved. Self-correction, however, in what is small will make him careful in what would be of greater consequence; - and this is the happiness of the small man. It is said in the Yi, "His feet are in the stocks, and he is disabled in his toes: - there will be no (further) occasion for blame."'
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