1.4 [4] 景公饮酒七日不纳弦章之言晏子谏

齐景公连续饮酒七日七夜不采纳弦章的谏言，晏子进谏

【原文】

景公饮酒，七日七夜不止。弦章谏曰：“君（欲）饮酒七日七夜，章愿君废酒也！不然，章赐死。”晏子入见，公曰：“章谏吾曰：‘愿君之废酒也！不然，章赐死。’如是而听之，则臣为制也；不听，又爱其死。”晏子曰：“幸矣，章遇君也！（今）〔令〕章遇桀、纣者，章死久矣！”于是公遂废酒。

【今译】

齐景公饮酒，喝了七天七夜还不停止。弦章进谏说：“您饮酒已经七天七夜，我希望您停止饮酒！不然的话，就请您将我赐死。”晏子入朝见景公，景公说：“弦章向我进谏：‘希望您停止饮酒！不然的话，就请您将我赐死。’如果就这样听了他的话，那我就是被臣子管制了；不听，我又舍不得他去死。”晏子说：“弦章遇到您，真是他的幸运啊！倘若弦章遇到的是桀、纣那样的暴君，那他早就死了！”于是景公停止了饮酒。

Duke Jing drank w ine nonstop for seven days and seven nights. Xianzhang remonstrated with him,saying: “My Lord,you have now been drinking w ine for seven days and seven nights. I im plore you,m y Lord,to refrain from drinking. If you do not,I request permission to comm it suicide.”

Yanzi entered the room for an audience and the Duke said to him: “Zhang remonstrated w ith me and said that I should refrain from drinking or else he would request permission to commit suicide. If I accept his words,a minister would be exercising control; if I do not accept his words,then I w ill appear to relish his death.”

Yanzi said: “How lucky Zhang has been to interact w ith you,my Lord. Had he interacted w ith Jie and Zhou,he would have been long dead.”

At that,the Duke refrain from drinking.

注释

[1]An unidentified figure. The JS,12/1,lists several sources such as the Han Feizi,Shuoyuan 说苑 and Lüshi chunqiu 吕氏春秋,in w hich X ianzhang is named Xianshang 弦商. According to the last item of the YZCQ (Item 8.18A [215]),Xianzhang 弦章 carried out Yanzi’s moral heritage after Yanzi’s death.