jiǎ tú miè guó jiàn tǔ huì méng hé zūn yuē fǎ hán bì fán xíng
假途灭虢 践土会盟 何遵约法 韩弊烦刑
【解释】晋国向虞国借路去消灭虢国，晋文公在践土召集诸侯歃血会盟。萧何遵奉汉高祖简约的法律，韩非惨死在他自己所主张的苛刑之下。
The State of Jin asked the State of Yu's permission to go through it to fight against the State of Guo. The Lord of Jin formed allies at Jiantu, hence what is called Jiantu Alliance.
Hsiao the prime minster obeyed the Emperor's Three-point Rule,hence his safety; Hanfei was martyred accoring to the law he made, so hard and cruel.
〖注释〗假途灭虢（guō）：出自《左传·僖公五年》：“晋侯复假道于虞以伐虢。宫之奇谏曰：‘虢，虞之表也；虢亡，虞必从之。晋不可启，寇不可玩，……谚所谓“辅车相依，唇亡齿寒”者，其虞虢之谓也。’”虞侯因不听宫之奇的劝谏而遂使晋国在灭掉虢国之后也被晋国灭亡。
何：萧何，汉高祖丞相。《史记萧相国世家》说他“以文无害”，“奉法顺流”。《汉书刑法志》说他收拾秦法，“取其宜于时者，作律九章”。这里大意是说萧何轻刑简法。韩：韩非。《史记老庄申韩列传》说李斯、姚贾毁谤韩非，劝始皇“以过法诛之”。过法、烦刑，都指苛刻的刑法。
弊：作法自弊。
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