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齊桓公伐魯,魯人不敢輕戰,去魯國五十里而封之,魯請比關內侯以聽,桓公許之。曹翽謂魯莊公曰:「君寧死而又死乎?其寧生而又生乎?」莊公曰:「何謂也?」曹翽曰:「聽臣之言,國必廣大,身必安樂,是生而又生也。不聽臣之言,國必滅亡,身必危辱,是死而又死也。」莊公曰:「請從。」於是明日將盟,莊公與曹翽皆懷劍至於壇上。莊公左搏桓公,右抽劍以自承,曰:「魯國去境數百里,今去境五十里,亦無生矣。鈞其死也,戮於君前。」管仲、鮑叔進,曹翽按劍當兩陛之間曰:「且二君將改圖,毋或進者。」莊公曰:「封於汶則可,不則請死。」管仲曰:「以地衛君,非以君衛地,君其許之。」乃遂封於汶南,與之盟。歸而欲勿予。管仲曰:「不可。人特劫君而不盟,君不知,不可謂智;臨難而不能勿聽,不可謂勇;許之而不予,不可謂信。不智不勇不信,有此三者,不可以立功名。予之,雖亡地亦得信。以四百里之地見信於天下,君猶得也。」莊公,仇也;曹翽,賊也。信於仇賊,又況於非仇賊者乎?夫九合之而合,壹匡之而聽,從此生矣。管仲可謂能因物矣。以辱為榮,以窮為通,雖失乎前,可謂後得之矣。物固不可全也。

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