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Condition 1: Contains text "故君子在位可畏施捨可愛進退可度周旋可則容止可觀作事可法德行可象聲氣可樂動作有文言語有章以臨其下謂之有威儀也" Matched:1.
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衛侯在楚,北宮文子見令尹圍之威儀。言於衛侯曰:令尹似君矣。將有他志,言語瞻視,行步不常。雖獲其志,不能終也。詩云,靡不有初,鮮克有終,終之實難,令尹其將不免乎。公曰:何以知之。對曰:詩,云,敬慎威儀惟民之則,令尹無威儀,民無則焉。民所不則,以在民上,不可以終。公曰:善哉。何謂威儀。對曰:有威而可畏謂之威,有儀而可象謂之儀,君有君之威儀,其臣畏而愛之,則而象之,故能有其國家,令聞長世,臣有臣之威儀,其下畏而愛之,故能守其官職,保族宜家,順是以下皆如是,是以上下能相固也。衛詩。曰:威儀棣棣,不可選也。棣棣,富而閑也。選,猶數也。言君臣,上下,父子,兄弟,內外,大小皆有威儀也。周書,數文王之德,逸書。曰:大國畏其力,小國懷其德,言畏而愛之也。詩,云,不識不知,順帝之則,言則而象之,言文王行事無所斟酌,唯在則象上天。紂囚文王七年,諸侯皆從之囚,可謂愛之矣。文王伐崇,再駕而降為臣,文王聞崇德亂而伐之,三旬不降,退修教而復伐之,因壘而降。蠻夷帥服,可謂畏之矣。文王之功,天下誦而歌舞之,可謂則之矣。文王之行,至今為法,可謂象之,有威儀也。退

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