一、史話..............................................1
天下大勢　后來者勝.............................3
孔子與子路...........................................14
君子之風..............................................18
不自量力..............................................21
政寬與猛..............................................24
做壞事的成本.......................................26
漢宣帝微時浪蕩無行............................29
司馬遷的嘆息.......................................31
秦、隋亡于一種歷史慣性.....................34
《左傳》與《史記》取舍不同..............49
漢儒的失敗..........................................55
史書善喻理..........................................57
有幸有不幸..........................................60
漢人取名.............................................62
忠臣不和，和臣不忠............................64
古今**諛文......................................68
鄉愿、人與罷民...................................71
《報任安書》與《報孫會宗書》..........76
土崩瓦解.............................................78
漢相者許負..........................................82
讖緯之言..............................................85
成敗看世態..........................................91
士行天下.............................................94
《史記》互見之法...............................110
漢宣、元之際官場風氣........................115
家有悍婦.............................................133
折節向學.............................................136
挾天子以令諸侯..................................139
中看不中用.........................................142
士子無恥.............................................147
“童心”天子...........................................151
血腥殺戮的亂世之主............................156
且慢下結論..........................................161
物欲與人欲..........................................164
女主之欲.............................................169
唐初祖孫三代俱得風疾........................171
魏元忠入獄.........................................174
斥逐盧杞.............................................185
一患未除一患生..................................189
理亂與理治.........................................192
宋、明遺詔結局不同...........................195
求忠臣必于孝子之門...........................198
解縉其人.............................................205
李時勉動輒得咎..................................211
太后淫亂.............................................214
慈禧的用人手段..................................217
二、讀史拾遺.....................................219
定心與正心.........................................221
不爭為高............................................222
矍鑠哉是翁........................................224
金人...................................................225
王莽、曹操女有節烈行.......................227
教子善惡............................................228
多活人而邀后福.................................229
唾面自干............................................230
“直”與“枉”..........................................232
以河為誓............................................234
心動...................................................236
古人飲酒有節.....................................237
隱人之惡............................................238
甚美必有甚惡....................................239
《大風歌》與《秋風辭》...................241
嘗糞..................................................243
古人抄書未為竊.................................244
修齊治平...........................................246
辨奸而能討........................................247
依時獻物...........................................248
想當然耳...........................................249
鑒人之難...........................................251
為吏忌剛...........................................253
有教并非無類....................................255
政須通人情........................................257
禪與世俗...........................................259
板著臉孔的幽默.................................261
宰相之事...........................................263
東漢末二帝........................................265
三、《說苑》類叢.............................267
四、拈花一笑....................................285
五、讀書感會....................................315
黔之驢..............................................317
可人..................................................319
“懂”與“會”.........................................321
丑女..................................................323
章臺柳..............................................328
通脫.................................................332
馬二先生..........................................334
求其放心..........................................337
選擇性悖論.......................................341
莊子行于山.......................................344
桃花源的魅力...................................348
“回”字有四種寫法.............................354
孤獨者.............................................356
皇帝的新衣......................................362
關于書房.........................................364
煙與酒及其他..................................368
閑思錄.............................................371
溫良敦厚.........................................373
求救的藝術.....................................375
前后孫悟空.....................................379
“潑猴”孫悟空...................................381
書堪折時直須折..............................385
吳組緗的妙論.................................386
知己之悟........................................388
為什么要讀古書？..........................390

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