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Condition 1: Contains text "通心則其言之略懦則不能強諫少長於君則君輕之且夫玩好在耳目之前而患在一國之後" Matched:1.
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虞、虢,皆小國也。虞有夏陽之阻塞,虞、虢共守之,晉不能禽也。故晉獻公欲伐虞、虢,荀息曰:「君胡不以屈產之乘,與垂棘之璧,假道於虞?」公曰:「此晉國之寶也,彼受吾璧,不借吾道,則如之何?」荀息曰:「此小國之所以事大國也彼不借吾道,必不敢受吾幣。受吾幣而借吾道,則是我取之中府,置之外府;取之中廄,置之外廄。」公曰:「宮之奇存焉,必不使受也。」荀息曰:「宮之奇知固知矣,雖然,其為人也,通心而懦,又少長於君。通心則其言之略,懦則不能強諫,少長於君,則君輕之,且夫玩好在耳目之前,而患在一國之後。中知以上,乃能慮之,臣料虞君中知之下也。」公遂借道而伐虢。宮之奇諫曰:「晉之使者,其幣重,其辭微,必不便於虞。語曰:『宴亡則齒寒矣。』故虞、虢相救,非相為賜也。今日亡虢;而明日亡虞矣。」公不聽,遂受其幣而借之道,旋歸。四年,反取虞。荀息牽馬抱璧而前曰:「臣之謀如何?」獻公曰:「璧則猶是,而吾馬之齒加長矣。」晉獻公用荀息之謀而禽虞,虞不用宮之奇而亡,故荀息非霸王之佐,戰國并兼之臣也,若宮之奇則可謂忠臣之謀也。

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