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晉語五

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53 晉語五:
陽處父如衛,反,過甯,舍于逆旅甯嬴氏。嬴謂其妻曰:「吾求君子久矣,今乃得之。」舉而從之,陽子道與之語,及山而還。其妻曰:「子得所求而不從之,何其懷也!」曰:「吾見其貌而欲之,聞其言而惡之。夫貌,情之華也;言,貌之機也。身為情,成于中。言,身之文也。言文而發之,合而後行,離則有釁。今陽子之貌濟,其言匱,非其實也。若中不濟,而外強之,其卒將復,中以外易矣。若內外類,而言反之,瀆其信也。夫言以昭信,奉之如機,歷時而發之,胡可瀆也!今陽子之情譓矣,以濟蓋也,且剛而主能,不本而犯,怨之所聚也。吾懼未獲其利而及其難,是故去之。」期年,乃有賈季之難,陽子死之。

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