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Condition 1: References "楚庄王好细腰,故朝有饿人" Matched:1.
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传曰:吴王好剑客,百姓多瘢疮,楚王好细腰,宫中多饿死。长安语曰:城中好高髻,四方高一尺,城中好广眉,四方且半额,城中好大袖,四方用匹帛,斯言如戏,有切事实,前下制度未几,后稍不行,虽或吏不奉法,良由慢起京师,今陛下躬服厚缯,斥去华餝,素简所安,发自圣情,此诚上合天心,下顺民望,浩大之福,莫尚于此,陛下既已得之自然,犹宜加以勉勖,法大宗之隆德,戒成哀之不终。易曰:不恒其德,或承之羞诚令斯事一竟,则四海诵德,声熏天地,神明可通,金石可勒,而况于人心乎。况于行令乎。愿置章坐侧,以当瞽人夜诵之音,大后深纳之。

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