遂使直如矢者,周內以深文,曲如鉤者,虧除於漏網。卽絕請寄而馮臆斷,五聽已頗,儻受獄貨而府辜功,庶尤必報。

纘義曰:曲直,古語謂之枉直。孔子之吿哀公也,曰:舉直錯諸枉,則民服,舉枉錯諸直,則民不服。其吿季康子也,曰:舉直錯諸枉,則枉者直。老子亦云:舉枉與直,如何不得,舉直與枉,勿與遂往。然則曲之與直,其可倒乎?漢桓帝之世,童謠有之:直如弦,死道邊,曲如鉤,反封侯。其後梁冀李固之事應之,遂成亂階,竟亡漢室,是可鑒矣。注曰:承上句而申言之,顚倒曲直,是棄法也。或以賂,或以情,或以勢,或平日恩怨之私,或臨時喜怒之偏,其爲枉法一也。入輕爲重。箋曰:廷尉者,天下之平也,壹傾,天下用法皆爲之輕重,民安所措其手足乎?

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