寫作背景
秦王政十年(西元前二三七年),發生了著名之「鄭國事件」,韓國派遣水利工程師鄭國入秦,說服秦王興築水道,灌溉農田,意圖使秦忙於內政,耗損秦之人力及財力,使其無力東征。事見史記 河渠書:
而韓聞秦之好興事,欲罷之,毋令東伐,乃使水工鄭國閒說秦,令鑿涇水自中山西邸瓠口為渠,並北山東注洛三百餘里,欲以溉田。中作而覺,秦欲殺鄭國。
此事被察覺後,秦國宗室大臣皆進言於秦王曰:「諸侯人來事秦者,大抵為其主游間於秦耳,請一切逐客。」李斯亦在被逐之列,途中上此書給秦王,諫言停止逐客,秦王讀此書後,乃取消逐客之令,此就是本文寫作的動機。
102諫逐客書
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