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齐景公问晏子曰:“孔子为人何如?”晏子不对,公又复问,不对。景公曰:“以孔丘语寡人者众矣,俱以贤人也。今寡人问之,而子不对,何也?”晏子对曰:“婴不肖,不足以知贤人。虽然,婴闻所谓贤人者,入人之国必务合其君臣之亲,而弭其上下之怨。孔丘之荆,知白公之谋,而奉之以石乞,君身几灭,而白公僇。婴闻贤人得上不虚,得下不危,言听于君必利人,教行下必于上,是以言明而易知也,行明而易1从也,行义可明乎民,谋虑可通乎君臣。今孔丘深虑同谋以奉贼,劳思尽知以行邪,劝下乱上,教臣杀君,非贤人之行也;入人之国而与人之贼,非义之类也;知人不忠,趣之为乱,非仁义之也。逃人而后谋,避人而后言,行义不可明于民,谋虑不可通于君臣,婴不知孔丘之有异于白公也,是以不对。”景公曰:“呜乎!贶寡人者众矣,非夫子,则吾终身不知孔丘之与白公同也。”
1. 明而易 : Originally read: "易而". Corrected by 孙诒让《墨子闲诂》