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京師節女

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1 京師節女:
京師節女者,長安大昌里人之妻也。其夫有仇人,欲報其夫而無道徑,聞其妻之仁孝有義,乃劫其妻之父,使要其女為中譎。父呼其女告之,女計念不聽之則殺父,不孝;聽之,則殺夫,不義。不孝不義,雖生不可以行於世。欲以身當之,乃且許諾,曰:「旦日,在樓上新沐,東首臥則是矣。妾請開戶牖待之。」還其家,乃告其夫,使臥他所,因自沐居樓上,東首開戶牖而臥。夜半,仇家果至,斷頭持去,明而視之,乃其妻之頭也。仇人哀痛之,以為有義,遂釋不殺其夫。君子謂節女仁孝厚於恩義也。夫重仁義輕死亡,行之高者也。《論語》曰:「君子殺身以成仁,無求生以害仁。」此之謂也。

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