夏天，诸侯在葵丘会盟，重温之前的盟约，并增进友好关系，这是合乎礼制的。
周天子派宰孔赐给齐侯祭肉，说：“天子在文王、武王庙举行祭祀，派我赐给伯舅祭肉。”齐侯准备下拜。宰孔说：“还有后续命令。天子让我转告：‘因伯舅年事已高，又加有功勋，特赐升一级，不必下拜。’”齐侯回答说：“天子的威严近在咫尺，我小白怎敢贪受天子的命令‘不必下拜’？恐怕会失礼于下，给天子带来羞耻，怎敢不下拜？”于是走下台阶，行拜礼，再登阶，接受祭肉。
{"notes":[{"word":"會","exp":"会合，诸侯会面，古代外交礼仪活动"},{"word":"尋盟","exp":"重温盟约，寻为重温、继续之意"},{"word":"修好","exp":"恢复友好关系，修指修复、增进"},{"word":"胙","exp":"祭肉，特指祭祀祖先或神灵后的肉，赐胙为天子赏赐诸侯的殊荣"},{"word":"有事","exp":"指祭祀之事，古代常用‘有事’代指重大祭祀活动"},{"word":"伯舅","exp":"对异姓诸侯的尊称，指齐侯，天子称其为伯舅以示亲敬"},{"word":"耋老","exp":"年老，耋指八十岁，泛指高龄"},{"word":"加勞","exp":"加以慰劳，劳读去声，指慰劳、表彰"},{"word":"天威","exp":"天子的威严，此处引申为天子本人"},{"word":"隕越","exp":"颠坠，喻失礼或犯上，此处指对天子失敬"}]}