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景公以晏子衣食弊薄使田无宇致封邑晏子辞第十九

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景公以晏子衣食弊薄使田无宇致封邑晏子辞第十九

晏子相齐,衣十升之布,脱粟之食,五卯、苔菜而已。左右以告公,公为之封邑,使田无宇致台与无盐。晏子对曰:“昔吾先君太公受之营丘,为地五百里,为世国长,自太公至于公之身,有数十公矣。苟能说其君以取邑,不至公之身,趣齐搏以求升土,不得容足而寓焉。婴闻之,臣有德益禄,无德退禄,恶有不肖父为不肖子为封邑以败其君之政者乎?”遂不受。

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