1.4 [4] 景公飲酒七日不納弦章之言晏子諫

齊景公連續飲酒七日七夜不采納弦章的諫言，晏子進諫

【原文】

景公飲酒，七日七夜不止。弦章諫曰：“君（欲）飲酒七日七夜，章愿君廢酒也！不然，章賜死。”晏子入見，公曰：“章諫吾曰：‘愿君之廢酒也！不然，章賜死。’如是而聽之，則臣為制也；不聽，又愛其死。”晏子曰：“幸矣，章遇君也！（今）〔令〕章遇桀、紂者，章死久矣！”于是公遂廢酒。

【今譯】

齊景公飲酒，喝了七天七夜還不停止。弦章進諫說：“您飲酒已經七天七夜，我希望您停止飲酒！不然的話，就請您將我賜死。”晏子入朝見景公，景公說：“弦章向我進諫：‘希望您停止飲酒！不然的話，就請您將我賜死。’如果就這樣聽了他的話，那我就是被臣子管制了；不聽，我又舍不得他去死。”晏子說：“弦章遇到您，真是他的幸運啊！倘若弦章遇到的是桀、紂那樣的暴君，那他早就死了！”于是景公停止了飲酒。

Duke Jing drank w ine nonstop for seven days and seven nights. Xianzhang remonstrated with him,saying: “My Lord,you have now been drinking w ine for seven days and seven nights. I im plore you,m y Lord,to refrain from drinking. If you do not,I request permission to comm it suicide.”

Yanzi entered the room for an audience and the Duke said to him: “Zhang remonstrated w ith me and said that I should refrain from drinking or else he would request permission to commit suicide. If I accept his words,a minister would be exercising control; if I do not accept his words,then I w ill appear to relish his death.”

Yanzi said: “How lucky Zhang has been to interact w ith you,my Lord. Had he interacted w ith Jie and Zhou,he would have been long dead.”

At that,the Duke refrain from drinking.

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注釋

[1]An unidentified figure. The JS,12/1,lists several sources such as the Han Feizi,Shuoyuan 說苑 and Lüshi chunqiu 呂氏春秋,in w hich X ianzhang is named Xianshang 弦商. According to the last item of the YZCQ (Item 8.18A [215]),Xianzhang 弦章 carried out Yanzi’s moral heritage after Yanzi’s death.