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景公觀於淄上。喟然而曰:嗚呼,使國可長保而傳子孫,豈不樂哉。晏子對曰:嬰聞之,明王不徒立,百姓不虛至,今君以政亂國,以行弃民久矣。而欲保之,不亦難乎。嬰聞之,能長保國者,能終善者也。諸侯并立,能終善者為長,列士并立,能終善者為師,昔先君桓公,方任賢而贊德之時,亡國恃以存,危國仰以安,是以民樂其政,而世高其德,行遠征暴,勞者不疾,驅海內使朝天子,諸侯不怨,當是時,盛君之行,不能進焉。及其卒而衰,怠於德而并於樂,身溺於婦侍,而謀因於竪刁,是以民苦其政而世非其行,故身死胡宮而不舉,蟲出而不收,當是時也。桀紂之卒,不能惡焉。詩曰:靡不有初,鮮克有終,不能終善者,不遂其國國當作君,今君臨民若寇讎,見善若避熱,亂政而危賢,必逆於衆,肆欲於民,而虐誅其下,恐及於身矣。嬰之年老,不能待君使矣。行不能革,則持節以没世矣。

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