2.9 [34] 景公獵休坐地晏子席而諫

齊景公打獵休息時(shí)坐在地上，晏子拔草當(dāng)席子坐而進(jìn)諫

【原文】

景公獵休，坐地而食，晏子后至，左右滅葭而席。公不說，曰：“寡人不席而坐地，二三子莫席，而子獨(dú)搴草而坐之，何也？”晏子對(duì)曰：“臣聞介冑坐陣不席，獄訟不席，尸（坐）〔在〕堂（上）不席，三者皆憂也。故不敢以憂侍坐。”公曰：“（諾）〔善〕。”令人下席曰：“大夫皆席，寡人亦席矣。”

【今譯】

齊景公打獵休息時(shí)，坐在地上吃飯，晏子后到，就在旁邊拔了些蘆葦鋪在地上當(dāng)席子坐。景公很不高興，說：“我沒坐席而是坐在地上，其他人也沒有坐在席上，只有您拔草當(dāng)席坐在上面，這是為什么？”晏子回答說：“我聽聞身披甲胄的將士在軍陣前不坐席，打官司的人不坐席，祭祀之尸在堂上不坐席，這三種情況都是讓人憂傷的。所以我不敢?guī)е鴳n傷陪坐在您身邊。”景公說：“好。”于是讓人鋪下席子說：“大夫們都坐到席上吧，我也要坐到席上。”

During a pause in the course of a hunt,Duke Jing sat down on the ground to eat. Yanzi arrived later; the entourage tore off some reeds to make a mat for him to sit on.

The Duke was displeased and said: “I am not sitting on a mat,but on the bare ground; none of the gentlemen around me are sitting on a mat; only you,sir,have torn off some reeds to sit on. What is the meaning of this?”

Yanzi replied: “I have heard: when one puts on armor and takes one’s place in a military formation,one does not sit on a mat. In a court of law,one does not sit on a mat,and also when a body is lying in one’s house,one does not sit on a mat. A ll three cases are connected w ith troubling circumstances,thus I did not presume to serve you while sitting in a manner indicative of troubled feelings.”

The Duke said: “Well argued.” He ordered his people to spread mats on the ground and said: “All high officers are to sit on mats,and I w ill sit on a mat as well.”

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注釋

[1]Item 2.9 [34] ? Shuoyuan,17.55/150/9.