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Condition 1: Contains text "阻法度之威以責督於下下罷極則以仁義怨望於上上下交爭怨而相篡弒至於滅宗皆以此類也" Matched:1.
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秦本紀

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33 秦本紀:
戎王使由余於秦。由余,其先晉人也,亡入戎,能晉言。聞繆公賢,故使由余觀秦。秦繆公示以宮室、積聚。由余曰:「使鬼為之,則勞神矣。使人為之,亦苦民矣。」繆公怪之,問曰:「中國以詩書禮樂法度為政,然尚時亂,今戎夷無此,何以為治,不亦難乎?」由余笑曰:「此乃中國所以亂也。夫自上聖黃帝作為禮樂法度,身以先之,僅以小治。及其後世,日以驕淫。阻法度之威,以責督於下,下罷極則以仁義怨望於上,上下交爭怨而相篡弒,至於滅宗,皆以此類也。夫戎夷不然。上含淳德以遇其下,下懷忠信以事其上,一國之政猶一身之治,不知所以治,此真聖人之治也。」於是繆公退而問內史廖曰:「孤聞鄰國有聖人,敵國之憂也。今由余賢,寡人之害,將奈之何?」內史廖曰:「戎王處辟匿,未聞中國之聲。君試遺其女樂,以奪其志;為由余請,以疏其閒;留而莫遣,以失其期。戎王怪之,必疑由余。君臣有閒,乃可虜也。且戎王好樂,必怠於政。」繆公曰:「善。」因與由余曲席而坐,傳器而食,問其地形與其兵勢盡察,而後令內史廖以女樂二八遺戎王。戎王受而說之,終年不還。於是秦乃歸由余。由余數諫不聽,繆公又數使人閒要由余,由余遂去降秦。繆公以客禮禮之,問伐戎之形。

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