生平
《史記》中對王蠋的生平記載附於田單的傳記之後。本為齊國大夫,曾向齊湣王諫言,齊王不聽,因此棄官退隱[2]。公元前284年,燕將樂毅攻破齊國都城臨淄,齊湣王逃奔至莒[3][1]。樂毅敬慕王蠋,令軍隊圍住畫邑,不許攻入,而使人去請王蠋為將軍,承諾封其萬戶之侯[1][2]。王蠋不聽,燕人便以屠城相要挾。王蠋不畏恫嚇,慷慨陳詞[2]:
“ | 忠臣不事二君,貞女不更二夫。齊王不聽吾諫,故退而耕於野。國既破亡,吾不能存;今又劫之以兵為君將,是助桀為暴也。與其生而無義,固不如烹! | ” |
然後把脖頸系在樹上,舉身一奮,扭斷脖子而死[2]。
評價
阿魯圖《進宋史表》:「厥後瀛國歸朝,吉王航海,齊亡而訪王蠋,乃存秉節之臣;楚滅而諭魯公,堪矜守禮之國。」
後世紀念
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