腹击为室而钜
Fu Ji Had a Huge Residence Erected
【原文】
腹击为室而钜，荆敢言之主。谓腹子曰：“何故为室之钜也？ ”腹击曰臣，羁旅也，爵高而禄轻，宫室小而帑不众。主虽信臣，百姓皆曰： ‘国有大事，击必不为用。’今击之钜宫，将以取信于百姓也。”主君曰： “善,
【今译】
腹击正在营建一所很大的房子，荆敢把这寧告诉了赵国的君主。起君对腹击说为什么要建这么大的房子呢？”腹击说我来自别的国 家，爵位高，但是俸禄低，宫室小而且家眷少。尽管您很信任我，但百姓 都说…国家一旦有大事，腹去必定不会受到重用。’如今我的宫室很大， 是想以此取信于百姓啊赵国的君主说广好。”
Fu Ji had a huge residence erected. Jing Gan told the sovereign of the state of Zhao about it. The sovereign asked Fu Ji，“Why have you built such a huge building?” Fu Ji said， “I am a foreigner and hold a high position. However, my salary is very low. My house is small and I don，t have a large family. Although Your Majesty trusts me very much, the people are saying? ‘Once our state is in trouble,Fu Ji will lose power.' So I erected this huge residence to convince the people.”The sovereign said，“I see. ”