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京師節女

The Principled Woman of the Capital

京師節女者長安大昌里人之妻也其夫有仇人欲報
其夫而無道徑聞其妻之仁孝有義乃刼其妻之父使
要其女爲中譎父呼其女告之女計念不聽之則殺父
不孝聽之則殺夫不義不孝不義雖生不可以行於世
欲以身當之乃且許諾曰旦日在樓上新沐東首卧則
是矣妾請開戸牖待之還其家乃告其夫使卧他所因
自沐居樓上東首開戸牖而卧夜半仇家果至斷頭持
去明而視之乃其妻之頭也仇人哀痛之以爲有義遂
釋不殺其夫君子謂節女仁孝厚於恩義也夫重仁義

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