Sat, Nov 14, 2026

房玄齡、魏徵上所定《新禮》一百三十八篇；丙午，詔行之。以禮部尚書王珪為魏王泰師，上謂泰曰：「汝事珪當如事我。」泰見珪，輒先拜，珪亦以師道自居。子敬直尚南平公主。先是，公主下嫁，皆不以婦禮事舅姑，珪曰：「今主上欽明，動循禮法，吾受公主謁見，豈為身榮，所以成國家之美耳。」乃與其妻就席坐，令公主執{□弁}，行盥饋之禮。是後公主始行婦禮，自珪始。群臣復請封禪，上使秘書監顏師古等議其禮，房玄齡裁定之。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年（丁酉，公元六三七年）·第10则

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夏，四月，己卯，魏徵上疏，以為：「人主善始者多，克終者寡，豈取之易而守之難乎？蓋以殷憂則竭誠以盡下，安逸則驕恣而輕物；盡下則胡、越同心，輕物則六親離德，雖震之以威怒，亦皆貌從而心不服故也。人主誠能見可欲則思知足，將興繕則思知止，處高危則思謙降，臨滿盈則思挹損，遇逸樂則思撙節，在宴安則思後患，防壅蔽則思延納，疾讒邪則思正己，行爵賞則思因喜而僭，施刑罰則思因怒而濫，兼是十思，而選賢任能，固可以無為而治，又何必勞神苦體以代百司之任哉！」

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年（丁酉，公元六三七年）·第11则

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In what I next relate, bear in mind that Charlie and his family did not have a dime invested in the small investing partnership that I was then managing and whose money I had used for the Berkshire purchase. Moreover, neither of us expected that Charlie would ever own a share of Berkshire stock.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2023ltr.pdf
2023 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 1

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中書令柳奭以王皇后寵衰，內不自安，請解政事；癸亥，罷為吏部尚書。

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽五年（甲寅，公元六五四年）·第11则

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Indeed, there was some disposition to take this stand. Some of the stockholders were seriously alarmed when our production reached one hundred cars a day. They wanted to do something to stop me from ruining the company, and when I replied to the effect that one hundred cars a day was only a trifle and that I hoped before long to make a thousand a day, they were inexpressibly shocked and I understand seriously contemplated court action. If I had followed the general opinion of my associates I should have kept the business about as it was, put our funds into a fine administration building, tried to make bargains with such competitors as seemed too active, made new designs from time to time to catch the fancy of the public, and generally have passed on into the position of a quiet, respectable citizen with a quiet, respectable business.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
Chapter IV, excerpt 42

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