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孟子曰：「魚，我所欲也；熊掌，亦我所欲也。二者不可得兼，舍魚而取熊掌者也。生，亦我所欲也；義，亦我所欲也。二者不可得兼，舍生而取義者也。生亦我所欲，所欲有甚於生者，故不為茍得也。死亦我所惡，所惡有甚於死者，故患有所不辟也。如使人之所欲莫甚於生，則凡可以得生者何不用也？使人之所惡莫甚於死者，則凡可以辟患者何不為也？由是則生而有不用也，由是則可以辟患而有不為也。是故所欲有甚於生者，所惡有甚於死者。非獨賢者有是心也，人皆有之，賢者能勿喪耳。 「一簞食，一豆羹，得之則生，弗得則死。嘑爾而與之，行道之人弗受；蹴爾而與之，乞人不屑也。萬zh:鍾;zh-hans:钟;zh-hant:鍾;則不辨禮義而受之，萬zh:鍾;zh-hans:钟;zh-hant:鍾;於我何加焉？為宮室之美、妻妾之奉、所識窮乏者得我與？鄉為身死而不受，今為宮室之美為之；鄉為身死而不受，今為妻妾之奉為之；鄉為身死而不受，今為所識窮乏者得我而為之。是亦不可以已乎？此之謂失其本心。」

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告子上·10

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丁未，車駕發幽州。上悉以軍中資糧、器械、簿書委岑文本，文本鳳夜勤力，躬自料配，籌、筆不去手，精神耗竭，言辭舉措，頗異平日。上見而憂之，謂左右曰：「文本與我同行，恐不與我同返。」是日，遇暴疾而薨。其夕，上聞嚴鼓聲，曰：「文本殞沒，所不忍聞，命撤之。」時右庶子許敬宗在定州，與高士廉等共知機要，文本薨，上召敬宗，以本官檢校中書侍郎。

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卷197·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之下貞觀十九年（乙巳，公元六四五年）·第11则

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What are called poll-taxes in the southern provinces of North America, and the West India islands, annual taxes of so much a-head upon every negro, are properly taxes upon the profits of a certain species of stock employed in agriculture. As the planters, are the greater part of them, both farmers and landlords, the final payment of the tax falls upon them in their quality of landlords, without any retribution.

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Book V, Chapter II, paragraph 1981

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辛巳，詔：「自今訟者，有經尚書省判不服，聽於東宮上啟，委太子裁決。若仍不服，然後聞奏。」

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卷193·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之中貞觀四年（庚寅，公元六三零年）·第20则

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One thing of which you can be certain: Whatever Berkshire’s results, my partner Charlie Munger, the company’s Vice Chairman, and I will not change yardsticks. It’s our job to increase intrinsic business value – for which we use book value as a significantly understated proxy – at a faster rate than the market gains of the S&P. If we do so, Berkshire’s share price, though unpredictable from year to year, will itself outpace the S&P over time. If we fail, however, our management will bring no value to our investors, who themselves can earn S&P returns by buying a low-cost index fund.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2012ltr.pdf
2012 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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