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Condition 1: Contains text "昔者周襄王不能事後母出居於鄭而下多叛其親" Matched:1.
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夫王者之都,南面之君,臣姓之所取法,舉措動作,不可失法則也。昔者,周襄王不能事後母,出居於鄭,而下多叛其親。秦始王驕奢靡麗,好作高臺榭,廣宮室,則天下豪富制屋宅者,莫不倣之,設房闥,備廄庫,繕雕琢刻畫之好,博玄黃琦瑋之色,以亂制度。齊桓公好婦人之色,妻姑姊妹,而國中多淫於骨肉。楚平王奢侈縱恣,不能制下,檢民以德,增駕百馬而行,欲令天下人餒財富利,明不可及,於是楚國逾奢,君臣無別。故上之化下,猶風之靡草也。王者尚武於朝,農夫繕甲於田。故君之御下,民奢侈者,則應之以儉;驕淫者,則統之以理;未有上仁而下殘,上義而下爭者也。孔子曰:「移風易俗。」豈家至之哉?先之於身而已矣。

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