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4. 胤征

惟仲康肇位四海。胤侯命掌六師。羲和廢厥職,酒荒于厥邑,胤後承王命徂征,

告于眾曰:「嗟予有眾,聖有謨訓,明徵定保。先王克謹天戒,臣人克有常憲。百官修輔,厥後惟明明。每歲孟春,遒人以木鐸徇于路。官師相規,工執藝事以諫。其或不恭,邦有常刑。惟時羲和,顛覆厥德,沈亂于酒,畔官離次,俶擾天紀,遐棄厥司。乃季秋月朔,辰弗集于房。瞽奏鼓,嗇夫馳,庶人走。羲和尸厥官,罔聞知。昏迷于天象,以干先王之誅。政典曰:『先時者殺無赦,不及時者殺無赦。』今予以爾有眾,奉將天罰。爾眾士同力王室,尚弼予,欽承天子威命,火炎昆岡,玉石俱焚,天吏逸德,烈于猛火。殲厥渠魁,脅從罔治,舊染污俗,咸與惟新。嗚呼!威克厥愛允濟,愛克厥威允罔功。其爾眾士懋戒哉!」

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