说苑/趙襄子見圍於晉陽，罷圍，賞有功之臣五人，高赫無功而受上賞，五人皆怒。

趙襄子見圍於晉陽，罷圍，賞有功之臣五人，高赫無功而受上賞，五人皆怒。

Eric Henry

After Zhao Xiangzi broke out of the besieged city of Jinyang, he bestowed rewards on five officers who had won merit in the campaign. Gao He had won no merit but received the largest reward of all.

張孟談謂襄子曰：「晉陽之中，赫無大功，今與之上賞，何也？

Eric Henry

This angered the five officers.

」襄子曰：「吾在拘厄之中，不失臣主之禮，唯赫也。

Eric Henry

Zhang Mengtan said to Xiangzi, “He was without great merit in the Jinyang seige, but you are now giving him the greatest reward—why?” “When I was in difficult straits,” replied Xiangzi, “the only man who was never remiss in the observance of the rites proper to rulers and officers was Gao He.

子雖有功，皆驕寡人。

Eric Henry

Though you won merit, you were all arrogant in your comportment toward me.

與赫上賞，不亦可乎？

Eric Henry

Isn’t it permissible, then, to give the greatest reward to He?” When Zhongni heard of this, he said, “Zhao Xiangzi may be pronounced skillful in the rewarding of officers.

」仲尼聞之曰：「趙襄子可謂善賞士乎？

賞一人而天下之人臣，莫敢失君臣之禮矣。」

Eric Henry

He rewarded a single man, and no officer of the realm dared henceforth to neglect the rites proper to rulers and officers.

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