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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Rewards and Punishments -> 5 - Additional information
晉文公欲明刑以親百姓,於是合諸侯大夫於侍千宮。顛頡後至,請其罪。君曰:「用事焉,」吏遂斷顛頡之脊以殉。晉國之士,稽焉皆懼,曰:「顛頡之有寵也,斷以殉,況於我乎?」舉兵伐曹及五鹿,反鄭之埤,東衛之畝,勝荊人於城濮。三軍之士,止之如斬足,行之如流水。三軍之士,無敢犯禁者。故一假道重輕於顛頡之脊,而晉國治。