司寇布为周（最）谓周君
Bu Had a Talk with West Zhou’s Sovereign on Behalf of Zhou Ju
【原文】
司寇布为周（最）谓周君曰君使人告齐王以周（最）不肯 为太子也，臣为君不取也。函冶氏为齐太公买良剑，公不知善，归其剑而责之金。越人请买之千金，折而不卖。将死，而属其子曰广必无独 知。’今君之使（最）为太子，独知之契也，天下未有信之者也。臣恐 齐王之谓君实立果而让之于（最），以嫁之齐也。君为多巧，（最) 为多诈。君何不买信货哉？奉养无有爱于（最）也，使天下见 之."
【今译】
司寇布替周（最）对西周国君说大王派人前去告诉齐王周 (最)不肯当太子，我认为大王这么做是不可取的。从前函冶氏为 齐太公买了一把上乘的宝剑，太公不知道这是把好剑，就把剑退还给他，并且索要回买剑的钱.越国有一个人请求用一千斤黄金买那把剑, 函冶氏认为亏本而不肯卖。他即将去世的时候，嘱咐他的儿子说：‘一 定不要只让自己知道这是一把宝剑！’如今大王让周（最）当太子， 却只有您一个人知道他适合这个位置，而天下人都不相信他。我担心 齐王会认为大王您实际上想立周果为太子，而表面上却说拥戴周（最) ,来欺骗齐国。人们将认为大王您善于玩弄计谋，认为周（最）非常狡诈。大王为什么不买人人都公认的好货呢？侍奉老人没有谁比 周（最）更有爱心了，这应该让天下人都知道。"
Bu, the minister of justice of the state of West Zhou，had a talk with West Zhou’s sovereign on behalf of Zhou Ju , He said, uYour Majesty，you have sent a messenger to inform the king of the state of Qi that Zhou Ju does not want to be appointed as crown prince. But I don’t think it is wise to do so. Previously, Mr Hanye bought a sword of top quality for Duke Tai of Qi. But the duke didn’t know that it was a sword of top quality，so he returned it to Mr. Hanye and took his money back. A person from the state of Yue realized that it was an excellent sword, so he offered to pay Mr Hanye one thousand ]in of gold to buy the sword. Mr Hanye thought he would lose money at that price，so he didn’t sell the sword. When he was dying, he told his son，' Make sure that you make others know that this sword is the best. ’ Now you are going to appoint Zhou Ju to be crown prince，but you are the only one who knows the stipulation, and people all over the world do not know it." I am afraid that the king of Qi might think that you are going to appoint Zhou Guo to be crown prince but support Zhou Ju ostensibly, and try to cheat Qi by doing so. People will think that you are crafty and consider Zhou Ju deceitful. Why not purchase the right item which everyone believes is of the best quality? No one treats his parents better than Zhou Ju does. You should let people all over the world know this,”