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外儲說左上

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一曰。燕王好微巧,衛人曰:「能以棘刺之端為母猴。」燕王說之,養之以五乘之奉。王曰:「吾試觀客為棘刺之母猴。」客曰:「人主欲觀之,必半歲不入宮,不飲酒食肉,雨霽日出視之晏陰之間,而棘刺之母猴乃可見也。」燕王因養衛人不能觀其母猴。鄭有臺下之治者謂燕王曰:「臣為削者也,諸微物必以削削之,而所削必大於削。今棘刺之端不容削鋒,難以治棘刺之端。王試觀客之削能與不能可知也。」王曰:「善。」謂衛人曰:「客為棘削之?」曰:「以削。」王曰:「吾欲觀見之。」客曰:「臣請之舍取之。」因逃。

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