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楚江乙母

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2 楚江乙母:
處家無幾何,其母亡布八尋,乃往言於王曰:「妾夜亡布八尋,令尹盜之。」王方在小曲之臺,令尹侍焉。王謂母曰:「令尹信盜之,寡人不為其富貴而不行法焉。若不盜而誣之,楚國有常法。」母曰:「令尹不身盜之也,乃使人盜之。」王曰:「其使人盜柰何?」對曰:「昔孫叔敖之為令尹也,道不拾遺,門不閉關,而盜賊自息。今令尹之治也,耳目不明,盜賊公行,是故使盜得盜妾之布,是與使人盜何以異也?」王曰:「令尹在上,寇盜在下,令尹不知有何罪焉?」母曰:「吁,何大王之言過也!昔日妾之子為郢大夫,有盜王宮中之物者,妾子坐而絀,妾子亦豈知之哉!然終坐之,令尹獨何人,而不以是為過也?昔者周武王有言曰:『百姓有過,在予一人。』上不明則下不治,相不賢則國不寧。所謂國無人者,非無人也,無理人者也。王其察之。」王曰:「善。非徒譏令尹,又譏寡人。」命吏償母之布,因賜金十鎰,母讓金布曰:「妾豈貪貨而干大王哉,怨令尹之治也。」遂去,不肯受。

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