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EPISODE · May 15, 2019 · 18 MIN

桐叶封弟辩

from 古文观止评话

古之传者有言:成王以桐叶与小弱弟戏,曰:“以封汝。”周公入贺。王曰:“戏也。”周公曰:“天子不可戏。”乃封小弱弟于唐。吾意不然。王之弟当封邪,周公宜以时言于王,不待其戏而贺以成之也。不当封邪,周公乃成其不中之戏,以地以人与小弱者为之主,其得为圣乎?且周公以王之言不可苟焉而已,必从而成之邪?设有不幸,王以桐叶戏妇寺,亦将举而从之乎?凡王者之德,在行之何若。设未得其当,虽十易之不为病;要于其当,不可使易也,而况以其戏乎!若戏而必行之,是周公教王遂过也。吾意周公辅成王,宜以道,从容优乐,要归之大中而已,必不逢其失而为之辞。又不当束缚之,驰骤之,使若牛马然,急则败矣。且家人父子尚不能以此自克,况号为君臣者邪!是直小丈夫缺缺者之事,非周公所宜用,故不可信。或曰:封唐叔,史佚成之。

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