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Histories -> Yan Tie Lun -> 卷二 -> 刺權 -> 3 - Parallel passages[More information]
大夫曰:「官尊者祿厚,本美者枝茂。故文王德而子孫封,周公相而伯禽富。水廣者魚大,父尊者子貴。傳曰:『河、海潤千里。』盛德及四海,況之妻子乎?故夫貴於朝,妻貴於室,富曰苟美,古之道也。孟子曰:『王者與人同,而如彼者,居使然也。』居編戶之列,而望卿相之子孫,是以跛夫之欲及樓季也,無錢而欲千金之寶,不亦虛望哉!」