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Shang Tang had destroyed Xia Ji, and he was afraid that the world would say that he was greedy, so he gave the world to Wu Guang. But he was afraid that Wu Guang would really accept it, so he sent someone to advise Wu Guang again: "Shang Tang killed the monarch and wanted to pass on the bad reputation to you, so he gave the world to you." Wuguang committed suicide by throwing himself into the river.

King Wu of Qin asked Gan Mao to choose one of the official positions he wanted to do among the servants and officials. Meng Mao said, "You might as well be a servant." Your specialty is being an envoy. Even if you become a servant, the monarch will still entrust you with the affairs of the envoys. You are wearing the seal of a servant, and you are doing the work of an officer, this is a double duty!"

Ziyu introduced Confucius to the Song State Dazai. After Confucius left, Zi came in and asked Dazai what he thought of Confucius. Dazai said, "After I met Confucius, I looked at you like a tiny flea and lice." I will now bring him to the monarch. Zi Yu was afraid that Confucius would be valued by the monarch, so he told Dazai: "When the monarch sees Confucius, he will also see you like a flea and lice." So Dazai no longer introduced Confucius to Song Jun. King Wei Hui presided over the alliance of Uuri, intending to restore the position of Zhou Tianzi. Peng Xi told the king of Han, "Don't listen to him, the king. Big countries hate having a Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is only beneficial to small countries. If the king and the big powers don't listen to him, how can Wei restore the status of Zhou Tianzi together with the small states?"

The Jin State crusaded against the Xing State, and the Duke of Qi Huan planned to go to the rescue. Uncle Bao said, "It's too early. If the Xing State does not perish, the Jin State will not be tired, and if the Jin State is not tired, the status of the Qi State will not become important. Moreover, the merit of supporting a country in danger is not as great as the merit of restoring a fallen country. You might as well save Xing later, so that the Jin State can be exhausted, so that the Qi State can really get benefits. Wait for the destruction of the Xing Kingdom and then help them restore the country, and that kind of reputation is really good. Qi Huan Gong didn't go to the rescue. Wu Zixu, a native of Chu, fled, and the border guards caught him. Zixu said: "The monarch searched for me because I had a beautiful pearl. Now I'm gone—I'll say you snatched it and devoured it!"

After Qingfeng rebelled in the Qi country, he wanted to go out to the Yue country. People of the same clan said: "The Jin country is near, why don't you go to the Jin country?" Qingfeng said: "The farther the country is conducive to refuge." And his fellow citizens said, "If thou wilt change thy mind of rebellion." If you don't change this kind of thought, even if you live far away in Yueguo, will you be able to be peaceful?" Zhibo asked Wei Xuanzi for land, but Wei Xuanzi refused to give it. Ren Zhang said: "Why don't you give it?" Wei Xuanzi said: "I asked for land for no reason, so I didn't give it." Ren Zhang said: "Zhibo asks for land for no reason, and neighboring countries will definitely be afraid." His desires are insatiable, and the world will be afraid. If you give the land, Zhibo must be proud and despise the enemy, and the neighbors must be afraid and close to each other. If you use an army close to each other to deal with a country that is light on the enemy, then Zhibo's life will not be long. The Book of Zhou says: 'If you want to defeat it, you must assist it, and if you want to take it, you must give it.' 'It is better for you to give the land to Zhibo, that he may be proud.' Besides, why did you give up using the power of the world to deal with the Zhi Clan, and use the mainland as the target of the Zhi Clan alone?" Xuanzi said, "Okay. So he gave Zhibo a city of 10,000 households. Zhibo was very happy, and then asked Zhao Guo for land. Zhao Guo did not give it, so Zhibo besieged Jinyang. The Han clan and the Wei clan rebelled outside the city, and the Zhao clan responded inside the city, and the Zhi clan perished. Qin Kanggong spent three years building the Taiguan. The state of Chu sent troops, intending to attack the state of Qi. Ren Wei said: "Famine attracts enemy soldiers, disease attracts enemy soldiers, labor invites enemy soldiers, and national turmoil invites enemy soldiers. You have built a platform for three years, and now the state of Chu is sending troops to attack the state of Qi, and my uncle is in the name of attacking the state of Qi, but in the name of attacking the state of Qin. It's better to take precautions. "The state of Qin sent troops to defend the eastern border, and the state of Chu ceased its military operations.

The State of Qi attacked the State of Song, and the State of Song sent his grandson south to ask for help from the State of Chu. Chu Guo was very happy and promised to give rescue, full of energy. The grandson returned to the Song Dynasty worriedly, and his coachman said: "The request for help has come true, and now you are still full of worries, why?" It is worrying to offend Qiang Qi in order to rescue the weak Song Dynasty, but the King of Chu is so happy, he must want to strengthen our determination to resist Qi. If we persist, the Qi soldiers will be exhausted, and the interests of the Chu State will be here. So he reduced his grandson and returned to the Song Kingdom. The Qi people captured five cities of the Song State, but the rescuers of the Chu State never came to the rescue. Wei Wenhou borrowed a road from Zhao to attack Zhongshan, but Zhao Suhou planned not to agree. Zhao Ke said: "You are wrong. If Wei could not take Zhongshan in attack, Wei would definitely be tired. When Wei is tired, the status will be lowered, and when the status of Wei is lowered, the status of Zhao will be raised. After Wei conquered Zhongshan, it was inevitable that Zhao would not be able to cross Zhao to occupy Zhongshan. In this way, it was the Wei State that used the troops, and it was the Zhao State that got the land. You must promise to lend him the road. Say yes and look happy, and he will know that you will benefit from it, and as a result, military operations will be stopped. You might as well lend him the road and show that it is a last resort. "Ou Yi Zipi serves Tian Chengzi. Tian Chengzi left the Qi State and fled to the Yan Kingdom, and Ou Yizi followed with the talisman disc that had left the customs on his back. When he arrived at Wangyi, Zipi said, "Have you not heard of the snake in the dry lake and marsh? The lake and marsh are dry and the snake is ready to migrate. A little serpent said to the big serpent, 'You go ahead and I follow, and people will think that this is nothing but a passing snake, and someone must kill you.' It's better to hold each other, you carry me on your back, and people will see me as a god. So they talked to each other and crossed the road with their backs. People avoided them, saying they were gods. Now you're beautiful and I'm ugly. If I take you as my guest, people will see me as the monarch of a small country of a thousand times, and if I take you as my messenger, people will see me as the minister of a great country of ten thousand times. If you don't want to be my attendant, people will see me as the monarch of the great kingdom. Tian Chengzi therefore followed behind with a talisman on his back. When they arrived at the inn, the innkeeper entertained them very respectfully and offered them wine and meat. A man from Wenyi came to Zhou, but Zhou did not accept him as a guest. He said, "Is it a guest?" Wen replied, "It's the master!" and asked him about the people in the alley, but no one knew him, so the little official locked him up. The king of Zhou sent someone to ask him, "Why are you not a Zhou person, and you claim to be not a guest?" The Wen people replied: "The poem I read when I was a child said: 'There is no land in the whole world that is not a king, and there is no courtier in the four seas who is not a king.'" Now that you are the Son of Heaven, then I should be a servant of the Son of Heaven. How can anyone be a courtier, and yet be his guest? Zhou Jun let him out of prison. King Han Xuan said to Muliu, "I want to reuse Gongzhong and Gongshu at the same time, is it okay?" The Jin State reused the Liuqing, and as a result, the country was divided; the Duke of Qi Jian reused Tian Cheng and Kan Zhi at the same time, and the Duke of Jian was killed; and the Wei State reused the rhino head and Zhang Yi at the same time, and the land of the West River was lost. Now the king will reuse them at the same time, among which the more powerful will set up private parties, and the less powerful will borrow foreign forces. Some of the courtiers set up private parties at home to be proud of the monarch, and some made friends with the princes outside to slaughter the land, so that the king's country was in danger. ”

After falling asleep drunk, he lost his leather coat. Song Jun said: "Is drunkenness enough to lose the leather clothes?" Shao Jiwu replied: "Xia Wei lost the world because of drunkenness. In "Shangshu Kanghe", it is said that 'don't want Yi wine', Yi wine is to drink alcohol often. Those who drink a lot of alcohol will lose the world if they are the Son of Heaven, and if they are civilians, they will lose their lives. ”。

Guan Zhong and Xi Peng followed Duke Qi Huan to crusade against the Lonely Bamboo Kingdom, set out in the spring and returned in the winter, losing their way. Guan Zhong said: "Lao Ma's intelligence can be used. So he let go of the old horse, and everyone followed, so they found the way. When he walked into the mountains and had no water to drink, he said, "Ants live on the south side of the mountain in winter and on the north side of the mountain in summer. If the ants on the ground are one inch high, there will be water eight feet deep underground. So he dug into the ground and found water. With the wisdom of Guan Zhong and the wisdom of Xi Peng, they do not hesitate to learn from the old horse and the ant when they encounter something they do not know, and the people of today do not know that they use their stupid hearts to learn from the wisdom of the sages, is it not wrong?

Someone offered the medicine of immortality to the king of Chu, and the messenger came in with the medicine. The military attache of the guard asked, "Can I eat it?" and the messenger said, "Yes." The guards and military attachés snatched it and ate it. The king of Chu was furious and sent people to kill the military attache of the guards. The military attache of the guard asked people to persuade the king of Chu: "I asked the commander, and he said that he could eat it, so I took medicine." This proves that I am not guilty, and the blame lies with the officer. Moreover, if the guest offers the medicine of immortality, and I eat it and the king wants to kill me, it becomes the medicine of death, and it is the guest who has deceived the king. It is better to kill the innocent and show that someone has deceived the king, and it is better to let me go. So the king of Chu did not kill him. Tian Si deceived Zou Jun, and Zou Jun would send someone to kill him. Tian Si hurt his uncle, so he told Keiko. Keiko saw Zou Jun and said, "If someone sees you, close one eye, how about it?" Zou Jun said, "I will definitely kill him." Keiko said, "The blind man has both eyes closed, why don't you kill him?" Zou Jun said: "The blind man has to close his eyes" Keiko said: "Tian Si deceived the Marquis of Qi in the east, and deceived the king of Chu in the south." Tian Si deceived others, as if a blind man was accustomed to closing his eyes and was accustomed to it, why did you still resent him?"

Lu Mugong let some of his sons go to the Jin State as officials, and some go to the Chu State as officials. Plough also said: "I borrowed people from Yue to save the drowning child, although the Yue people are good at swimming, but the child must not be saved." Although there is a lot of seawater, the fire must not be extinguished, because far water cannot save the near fire. Now although the Jin State and the Chu State are strong, the Qi State is close to the Lu State, and if it is attacked by the Qi State, the disaster of the Lu State may be difficult to save. "Han Xiangyan was at odds with the monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty was very worried about this matter. Feng Fu said: "Yan Sui was appointed prime minister, and Han puppet was valued by the Korean monarch. It's better to assassinate Han Puppet, Han Jun must have thought that Yan Sui did it. ”

Zhang Yan was appointed as the prime minister of Han, and he was seriously ill and was about to die. The public passenger Wuzheng took thirty gold coins to visit the sick. One day later, Han Jun asked Zhang Xi, "If you die, who will take your place?" Zhang Ji replied: "Gongcheng Wuzheng attaches importance to the rule of law and respects the monarch, although this is the case, he is not as popular as Gongzi and me." "After Zhang Ji died, Han Jun asked the public to take Wuzheng as a face. Le Yang served as Wei's general to attack Zhongshan, and his son was in Zhongshan. The king of Zhongshan boiled his son and gave him some meat with juice, and Le Yang sat under the tent and ate it, and finished a cup. Wei Wenhou said to the teacher: "Le Yang ate his son's meat because of me. He replied, "He has even eaten his son, and who else can't eat it?" When Le Yang returned from Zhongshan, Wenhou rewarded him for his merits, but doubted his intentions. Meng Sun hunted a fawn and asked Qin Xiba to take it back. The fawn's mother followed and cried. Qin Xiba couldn't bear it, so he gave the fawn to the doe. After Meng Sun came back, he came to ask for Xiaolu. Qin Xiba replied, "I couldn't bear it, so I returned it to its mother." Meng Sun was very angry and drove him away. After three months, he summoned Qin Xiba back and asked him to be his son's teacher. His chauffeur said, "Why did you sin against him in the past, but now you have been summoned to be your son's teacher?" Meng Sun said, "He can't bear to be cruel to the fawn, let alone to my son?" "Le Yang was suspected of his merits, and Qin Xiba was trusted because of his guilt. Zeng Congzi is a person who is good at identifying swords. Wei Jun resented King Wu. Zeng Congzi said: "King Wu likes swords, I am the one who appraises swords, please let me go to appraise swords for King Wu, and when I draw my sword to show him, take the opportunity to help you assassinate him." Wei Jun said, "You are doing this now, not to follow righteousness, but to profit." The state of Wu was strong and rich, and the state of Wei was weak and poor. You must go, I will be used by King Wu to deal with me. So they drove him away. Shang Xuan made ivory chopsticks, and the basket was frightened, thinking that if he used ivory chopsticks, he would no longer use pottery utensils to hold juicy meat, and would definitely use rhinoceros horn cups or jade cups; jade cups and elephant chopsticks would not be used to hold bean food, so he must want to eat the fetus of cows, elephants, and leopards; and the fetus of yaks, elephants, and leopards must live under the thatched hut without wearing coarse cloth and short clothes, and must wear multi-layered brocade clothes and live in a high platform and large room. If he continues to pursue it in this way, then the things of the world will not be enough for him to enjoy. The sage knew the signs of things when he saw the small phenomena, and knew the final result when he saw the beginning of things, so he was terrified when he saw the ivory chopsticks, knowing that nothing in the world could satisfy the greed of the king of Shang.

Zhou Gongdan had defeated Yin Shang and was ready to attack Shanggai. Xin Gongjia said: "Large countries are difficult to conquer, but small countries are easy to conquer. It is better to conquer many small countries first to threaten the big ones. So he captured Jiuyi, and Shanggai was conquered.

Shang Xuan drank day and night, forgot the date because of the revelry, and asked the people around him, but they didn't know. So he sent someone to ask for the basket. Jizi said to his entourage: "I have become the master of the world, but I and the people around me have forgotten the date, and the country is probably in danger." Everybody doesn't know it, but I'm the only one who knows. I'm afraid I'm in danger too. "He said he was drunk and didn't know the date.

Lu Guo has a man who is good at weaving straw shoes, and his wife is good at weaving silk. He wanted to move to Yueguo, but he was told, "You will be embarrassed." The Lu people said, "Why?" The man said: "Straw sandals are worn on the feet, but the Yue people walk barefoot; Take your strengths to go to countries that don't need them, how can you do it without embarrassment?" Chen Zhen was very respected by King Wei Hui. Keiko said, "You must make good friends with the monarch's attendants. Poplar trees can live if they are planted horizontally, and they can still live if they are planted when they are broken. But if ten people were to plant and one person to pull it out, there would be no poplar trees that could live. What is the reason why a poplar tree that is very easy to survive is planted by a group of ten people, but it cannot withstand being plucked by one person? Although you are good at establishing yourself in front of the monarch, there are many people who try to drive you away, and you must be in danger. ”

Lu Jisun had just killed his monarch, and Wu Qi was an official there. Someone said to Wu Qi: "When a dead person dies, he bleeds, and when the blood runs out, his flesh withers, and when his flesh withers, he becomes a wreckage, and then the wreckage turns into dirt." After it was turned into soil, nothing happened again. Now that Ji Sun has just killed Lu Jun, I am afraid that it will be difficult to figure out the changes in the future!" Wu Qi therefore left the Lu State and went to the Wei State. Xi Simi visited Tian Chengzi, and Tian Chengzi took the stage with him to watch the Quartet. There was no shelter on three sides, and when you looked south, the trees of the Simi family blocked the view. Because Chengzi didn't speak. He went home and had the tree cut down. The axe had just made a few cuts, and Simi stopped it. His steward said, "Why did it become so fast?" and said, "There is an ancient proverb that says, 'He who knows that there are fish in the abyss is not lucky.'" 'Tian Chengzi is about to do great things, but I have shown that I know his secrets, and I must be in danger. If you do not cut down a tree, you will not sin, but if you know the things of another's heart, you will be guilty of greatness. So he stopped cutting down trees. Yang Zhu passed by the inn on the east side of the Song Kingdom. The shopkeeper has two delusions, of which the ugly has a high status. Pretty low status. Yang Zhu asked the innkeeper the reason, and the innkeeper replied: "I don't think she's beautiful if she's beautiful, and I don't think she's ugly." Yang Zhu said to his disciples, "If you have done a good deed, you must get rid of the idea that you think it is a good deed, "where can you not be praised?"

A patriot married his daughter and taught her: "You must accumulate your possessions in private." It is not uncommon for someone to be the wife of someone and be divorced back to her mother's house, and it is a fluke to be together for life. His daughter had secretly amassed possessions, and her mother-in-law thought she was too selfish and divorced her. His daughter brought back twice as much as she had brought with her when she got married. Her father did not blame himself for educating his daughter, but thought he was wise to increase his wealth. The courtiers who are now in official positions are all of this kind of people.

Lu Dan lobbied the monarch of Zhongshan many times, but his opinions were always not accepted, so he distributed fifty gold coins to bribe the monarch's close ministers. When he saw the monarch again, he did not say anything, and the monarch entertained him with food. After Lu Dan came out, he didn't even go to the residence, so he left Zhongshan Kingdom. His coachman said, "When we met again, you just started to make friends with us, why did you leave?" Rudan said: "Because of the words of others, they will be kind to me, and they will definitely blame me for the words of others." Before he left the border, Gongzi slandered him and said, "It's for Zhao to spy on Zhongshan Kingdom." Therefore, the king of Zhongshan arranged a search and wanted to punish him.

Tian Boding liked scholars and saved his monarch, while Bai Gongsheng liked scholars but disturbed the state of Chu. They like the scholars the same, but they do different things with the scholars. Gongsun You cut off his feet himself to make Baili Xi gain a high official, and erected himself to castrate himself to flatter Duke Qi Huan. Their self-torture is the same, but their purpose is different.

Keiko said, "The madman runs to the east, and the pursuers run to the east." Their behavior of running to the east is the same, but the purpose of their running to the east is different.

Therefore, those who have done the same thing must not be examined strictly. ”