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慚愧

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16 慚愧:
《吳越春秋》曰:季札去徐而歸,行于道,逢男子五月被裘,采薪於道傍。有委金一器,季札見之,忽不入意,顧謂薪者曰:「來取此金!」薪者曰:「君舉止何高,視何下也!五月被裘采薪,寧是拾金者乎?」札慚於斯言,下車禮之,曰:「何子衣之鄙而言之雅也!子姓為何?」薪者曰:「君皮相之士,何足以告姓字乎?」季紥有慚色。
又曰:吳師入郢,闔閭既妻昭王夫人,又及於伯嬴。伯嬴,秦康公之女,平王之夫人,昭王之母也。伯嬴操刃曰:「妾聞天子,天下之表也;公侯,一國之儀也。天子失制則天下亂,諸侯失節則國危。今夫婦之道,固人倫之始,王教之端也。今吳去儀表之行,從亂亡之欲,犯誅絕之事,何以行訓民乎?妾聞生以辱者,不如死以榮者,使吳王棄儀表則無以生存,一舉而兩儀辱,妾以死守之,不敢命也。且凡欲近妾者,為樂也;近妾而死,何樂之有!先殺紿又何益於君王?」於是吳王慚恥,遂退還舍。

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