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张范传

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1 张范传:
张范,字公仪,河内修武人也。祖父歆,为汉司徒。父延,为太尉。太傅袁隗欲以女妻范,范辞不受。性恬静乐道,忽于荣利,徵命无所就。弟承,字公先,亦知名,以方正徵,拜议郎,迁伊阙都尉。董卓作乱,承欲合徒衆与天下共诛卓。承弟昭时为议郎,适从长安来,谓承曰:“今欲诛卓,衆寡不敌,且起一朝之谋,战阡陌之民,士不素抚,兵不练习,难以成功。卓阻兵而无义,固不能乆;不若择所归附,待时而动,然后可以如志。”承然之,乃解印绶间行归家,与范避地扬州。袁术备礼招请,范称疾不往,术不强屈也。遣承与相见,术问曰:“昔周室陵迟,则有桓、文之霸;秦失其政,汉接而用之。今孤以土地之广,士民之衆,欲徼福齐桓,拟迹高祖,何如?”承对曰:“在德不在强。夫能用德以同天下之欲,虽由匹夫之资,而兴霸王之功,不足为难。若苟僭拟,干时而动,衆之所弃,谁能兴之?”术不恱。是时,太祖将征兾州,术复问曰:“今曹公欲以弊兵数千,敌十万之衆,可谓不量力矣!子以为何如?”承乃曰:“汉德虽衰,天命未改,今曹公挟天子以令天下,虽敌百万之衆可也。”术作色不怿,承去之。

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