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Condition 1: Contains text "楚靈王好細腰而國中多餓人" Matched:1.
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人主有二患:任賢,則臣將乘於賢以劫其君;妄舉,則事沮不勝。故人主好賢,則群臣飾行以要君欲,則是群臣之情不效;群臣之情不效,則人主無以異其臣矣。故越王好勇,而民多輕死;楚靈王好細腰,而國中多餓人;齊桓公妒而好內,故豎刁自宮以治內,桓公好味,易牙蒸其子首而進之;燕子噲好賢,故子之明不受國。故君見惡則群臣匿端,君見好則群臣誣能。人主欲見,則群臣之情態得其資矣。故子之託於賢以奪其君者也,豎刁、易牙因君之欲以侵其君者也,其卒子噲以亂死,桓公蟲流出戶而不葬。此其故何也?人君以情借臣之患也。人臣之情非必能愛其君也,為重利之故也。今人主不掩其情,不匿其端,而使人臣有緣以侵其主,則群臣為子之、田常不難矣。故曰:去好去惡,群臣見素。群臣見素,則大君不蔽矣。

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