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晉弓工妻

The Wife of the Bow Maker of Jin

弓工妻者晉繁人之女也當平公之時使其夫爲弓三
年乃成平公引弓而射不穿一札平公怒將殺弓人弓
人之妻請見曰繁人之子弓人之妻也願有謁於君平
公見之妻曰君聞昔者公劉之行乎羊牛踐葭葦惻然
爲 痛之恩及草木豈欲殺不辜者乎秦穆公有盜食
其駿馬之肉反飮之以酒楚莊王臣援其夫人之衣而
絕纓與飮大樂此三君者仁著於天下卒享其報名垂
至今昔帝堯茅茨不剪采椽不斵土階三等猶以爲爲
之者勞居之者逸也今妾之夫治造此弓其爲之亦勞

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