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在敖惟知恐害于人而斬之是其本心既而又思恐必有死之不可免 然其初心則已善矣故母謂之曰隂德

孫叔敖母
楚令尹孫叔敖之母也,叔敖為嬰兒之時,出遊見兩
頭蛇,殺而埋之,歸見其母而泣焉,母問其故,對曰,吾
聞見兩頭蛇者死,今者出遊見之,其母曰,蛇今安在
對曰,吾恐他人復見之,殺而埋之矣,其母曰,汝不死
矣,夫有隂德者陽報之,德勝不祥,仁除百禍,天之處
高而聽卑,書不云乎,皇天無親,惟德是輔,爾嘿矣,必
興於楚,及叔敖長為令尹,君子謂叔敖之母,知道德
之次,詩云,母氏聖善,此之謂也,
頌曰

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