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宣姜者，齊侯之女，衛宣公之夫人也。初，宣公夫人夷姜生伋子，以為太子，又娶於齊，曰宣姜，生壽及朔。夷姜既死，宣姜欲立壽，乃與壽弟朔謀構伋子。公使伋子之齊，宣姜乃陰使力士待之界上而殺之，曰：「有四馬白旄至者，必要殺之。」 |
| | Xuanjiang was a daughter of Lord Qi and the wife of Duke Xuan of Wei. Initially, Lady Yijiang, the wife of Duke Xuan, bore a son named Ji, who was made crown prince. Later, Duke Xuan married another woman from Qi, named Xuanjiang, and she gave birth to Shou and Shuo. After Lady Yijiang died, Xuanjiang wanted to establish Shou as heir, so she conspired with Shou's younger brother Shuo to plot against Ji. The duke sent Ji on a mission to Qi, and Xuanjiang secretly dispatched strongmen to await him at the border and kill him, saying: "Whoever arrives with four horses bearing a white flag must be killed."
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壽聞之，以告太子曰：「太子其避之。」伋子曰：「不可。夫棄父之命，則惡用子也！」壽度太子必行，乃與太子飲，奪之旄而行，盜殺之。伋子醒，求旄不得，遽往追之，壽已死矣。伋子痛壽為己死，乃謂盜曰：「所欲殺者乃我也，此何罪，請殺我。」盜又殺之。二子既死，朔遂立為太子，宣公薨，朔立是為惠公，竟終無後，亂及五世，至戴公而後寧。《》云：「乃如之人，德音無良。」此之謂也。 |
| | Shou heard about this and informed the crown prince, saying: "Your Highness should avoid this danger." Ji replied: "No. To abandon the command of one's father, how can one still be called a son!" Shou realized that the crown prince would definitely proceed as ordered. So he drank with the crown prince, took away his flag, and went in his place; the bandits killed him. When Ji awoke, he could not find the flag and hurried to pursue them, but Shou had already died. Ji was deeply grieved that Shou had died in his place, and said to the bandits: "The one you wanted to kill is me. What crime has he committed? Please kill me instead." The bandits killed him again. After the two sons had died, Shuo was then established as crown prince. When Duke Xuan died, Shuo ascended the throne and became Duke Hui. Eventually, he left no descendants; chaos continued for five generations until Duke Dai came to power and finally brought peace. The Book of Songs says: "Such a person as this, whose virtuous reputation is baseless." This is what it refers to.
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頌曰：衛之宣姜，謀危太子，欲立子壽，陰設力士，壽乃俱死，衛果危殆，五世不寧，亂由姜起。 |
| | Eulogy says: Xuanjiang of Wei plotted to endanger the crown prince, wishing to establish her son Shou. She secretly arranged for strongmen; both Shou and Ji died as a result. Indeed, Wei fell into peril, remaining unsettled for five generations—chaos originated from Jiang.
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| 《文選樓叢書》本《新刊古列女傳》 |
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| 《文選樓叢書》本《新刊古列女傳》 |
URN:
ctp:lie-nv-zhuan/wei-xuan-gong-jiang
