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景公谓晏子东海之中有水而赤晏子详对第十三

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景公谓晏子东海之中有水而赤晏子详对第十三

景公谓晏子曰:“东海之中,有水而赤,其中有枣,华而不实,何也?”晏子对曰:“昔者秦缪公乘龙舟而理天下,以黄布裹烝枣,至东海而捐其布,彼黄布,故水赤:烝枣,故华而不实。”公曰:“吾详问子何为?”对曰:“婴闻之,详问者,亦详对之也。”此并下一章语数俳而义,无所取,故着于此篇。

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