子产却楚逆女以兵
古文观止 · section 23 · 吳楚材 · 吳調侯 編 · 308 characters
Original text
楚公子围聘于郑，且娶于公孙段氏。伍举为介。将入馆，郑人恶之。使行人子羽与之言，乃馆于外。
既聘，将以众逆。子产患之。使子羽辞曰：「以敝邑褊小，不足以容从者，请𫮃听命。」令尹使太宰伯州犂对曰：「君辱贶寡大夫围，谓围『将使丰氏抚有而室。』围布几筵，告于庄共之庙而来。若野赐之，是委君贶于草莽也。是寡大夫不得列于诸卿也。不宁唯是，又使围蒙其先君，将不得为寡君老，其蔑以复矣。唯大夫图之。子羽曰：「小国无罪，恃实其罪。将恃大国之安靖己，而无乃包藏祸心以图之。小国失恃，而惩诸侯，使莫不憾者。距违君命，而有所壅塞不行是惧。不然，敝邑馆人之属也，其敢爱丰氏之祧？」
伍举知其有备也，请垂櫜而入。许之。
篇首着「恶之」「患之」四字，已伏后一段议论。州犁之对，词婉而理直，郑似无可措辞。子产索性喝出他本谋，使无从置辨。若稍婉转，则楚必不听。此小国所以待强敌，不得不尔。
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