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闔閭三年

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8 闔閭三年:
楚昭王臥而寤得吳王湛盧之劍於床。昭王不知其故,乃召風湖子而問曰:「寡人臥覺而得寶劍,不知其名,是何劍也?」風湖子曰:「此謂湛盧之劍。」昭王曰:「何以言之?」風湖子曰:「臣聞吳王得越所獻寶劍三枚:一曰魚腸,二曰磐郢,三曰湛盧。魚腸之劍,已用殺吳王僚也;磐郢以送其死女;今湛盧入楚也。」昭王曰:「湛盧所以去者何也?」風湖子曰:「臣聞越王元常使歐冶子造劍五枚以示薛燭,燭對曰:『魚腸劍逆理不順,不可服也,臣以殺君,子以殺父。』故闔閭以殺王僚。『一名磐郢,亦曰豪曹,不法之物,無益於人。』故以送死。『一名湛盧,五金之英,太陽之精,寄氣託靈,出之有神,服之有威,可以折衝拒敵。然人君有逆理之謀,其劍即出,故去無道以就有道。』今吳王無道,殺君謀楚,故湛盧入楚。」昭王曰:「其直幾何?」風湖子曰:「臣聞此劍在越之時,客有酬其直者:有市之鄉三十,駿馬千匹,萬戶之都二。是其一也。薛燭對曰:『赤堇之山已令無雲,若耶之溪深而莫測,群臣上天,歐冶死矣。雖傾城量金,珠玉盈河,猶不能得此寶,而況有市之鄉,駿馬千匹,萬戶之都,何足言也?』」昭王大悅,遂以為寶。

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