《书屋》杂志2015年第5期《羊年说羊》有这样一段文字:《孟子·梁惠王上》:“王坐于堂上,有牵牛而过堂下者,王见之,曰:‘牛何之?’对曰:‘将以衅钟。’王曰:‘舍之!吾不忍(视)其觳觫,若无罪而就死地。’对曰:‘然则废衅钟欤?’曰:‘何可废也?以羊易之!”’此处,梁惠王下令以羊换牛而杀之,这便是“替罪羊”的来历。与这个典故类似的,还有齐宣王 “Bookstore” magazine in 2015 No. 5 “Year of the sheep that sheep,” there is such a passage: “Mencius Liang Hui Wang”: "The king sitting on the hall, Wang said: ’She who! I can not bear (depending on) its 觳 觫, if innocent and died.’ On the said: ’However, the waste provocation Chung 欤? ’Said:’ What can be scrapped to the sheep easy! ’’ Here, Liang Hui Wang order sheep to kill the sheep, this is the origin of ’scapegoat’. Similar to this story, there is Qi Xuan Wang