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既無異志且以死從非貞而固曷克臻兹合葬以諸侯之礼乃楚之宜

息君夫人
夫人者,息君之夫人也,楚伐息,破之,虜其君,使守門
将,妻其夫人而納之於宫,楚王出遊,夫人遂出見息
君,謂之曰,人生要一死而已,何至自苦,妾無須臾而
忘君也,終不以身更貳醮,生離於地上,豈如死歸於
地下哉,乃作詩曰,榖則異室,死則同穴,謂予不信,有
如皦日,息君止之,夫人不聽,遂自殺,息君亦自殺,同
日俱死,楚王賢其守節有義,乃以諸侯之禮,合而葬
之,君子謂夫人說,於行善,故序之於詩,夫義動君子,
利動小人,息君夫人,不為利動矣,詩曰,德音莫違,及

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