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此其後，楚人攻宋、鄭，燒焫熯焚鄭地，使城壞者不得復築也，屋之燒者不得復葺也，令其人有喪雌雄，居室如鳥鼠處穴。要宋田夾塞兩川，使水不得東流，東山之西，水深滅垝，四百里而後可田也。楚欲吞宋、鄭而畏齊，日思人衆兵彊能害己者必齊也，於是乎楚王號令於國中曰：「寡人之所明於人君者，莫如桓公；所賢於人臣者，莫如管仲。明其君而賢其臣，寡人願事之。誰能爲我交齊者，寡人不愛封侯之君焉。」於是楚國之賢士，皆抱其重寶幣帛以事齊。桓公之左右，無不受重寶幣帛者。於是桓公召管仲曰：「寡人聞之，善人者，人亦善之。今楚王之善寡人一甚矣，寡人不善，將拂於道，仲父何不遂交楚哉？」管子對曰：「不可。楚人攻宋、鄭，燒焫熯焚鄭地，使城壞者不得復築也，屋之燒者不得復葺也。令人有喪雌雄，居室如鳥鼠處穴。要宋田夾塞兩川，使水不得東流，東山之西，水深滅垝，四百里而後可田也。楚欲吞宋、鄭，思人衆兵彊而能害己者必齊也，是欲以文克齊，而以武取宋、鄭也。楚取宋、鄭而不止禁，是失宋、鄭也。禁之則是又不信於楚也。知失於內，兵困於外，非善舉也。」桓公曰：「善。然則若何？」管子對曰：「請興兵而南存宋、鄭，而令曰：無攻楚。言與楚王遇，至於遇上，而以鄭城與宋水爲請。楚若許，則是我以文令也。楚若不許，則遂以武令焉。」桓公曰：「善。」於是遂興兵而南存宋、鄭，與楚王遇於召陵之上，而令於遇上曰：「毋貯粟，毋曲隄，無擅廢適子，無置妾以爲妻。」因以鄭城與宋水爲請於楚。楚人不許，遂退七十里而舍。使軍人城鄭南之地，立百代城焉。曰：「自此而北，至於河者，鄭自城之。」而楚不敢隳也。東發宋田，夾兩川，使水復東流，而楚不敢塞也。遂南伐，及踰方城，濟於汝水，望汶山，南致楚、越之君，而西伐秦，北伐狄，東存晉公於南，北伐孤竹，還，存燕公。兵車之會六，乘車之會三，九合諸侯，反位已霸，修鍾磬而復樂。管子曰：「此臣之所謂樂也。」

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第22篇霸形·第3则

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又見有子弟，聰穎者，忽入下流，庸愚者，轉為上達，則父兄之培植所關也每見勤苦之人，絕無癆疾。顯達之士多出寒門。此亦盈虛消長之機，自然之理也 謾誇富貴顯榮，功德文章，要可傳諸後世

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第12段（按原排版相邻两行合并）

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The unrecorded increase in the value of our owned businesses explains why Berkshire’s aggregate market- value gain – tabulated on the facing page – materially exceeds our book-value gain. The two indicators vary erratically over short periods. Last year, for example, book-value performance was superior. Over time, however, market-value gains should continue their historical tendency to exceed gains in book value.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2015ltr.pdf
2015 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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春，正月，己丑，上作《帝范》十二篇以賜太子，曰《君體》、《建親》、《求賢》、《審官》、《納諫》、《去讒》、《戒盈》、《崇儉》、《賞罰》、《務農》、《閱武》、《崇文》；且曰：「修身治國，備在其中。一旦不諱，更無所言矣。」又曰：「汝當更求古之哲王以為師，如吾，不足法也。夫取法於上，僅得其中；取法於中，不免為下。吾居位已來，不善多矣，錦繡珠玉不絕於前，宮室台榭屢有興作，犬馬鷹隼無遠不致，行遊四方，供頓煩勞，此皆吾之深過，勿以為是而法之。顧我弘濟蒼生，其益多；肇造區夏，其功大。益多損少，故人不怨；功大過微，故業不墮；然比之盡美盡善，固多愧矣。汝無我之功或而承我之富貴，竭力為善，則國家僅安；驕惰奢縱，則一身不保。且成遲敗速者，國也；失易得難者，位也；可不惜哉！可不惜哉！」

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卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀二十二年（戊申，公元六四八年）·第1则

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It was a great thing to be my own employer. Mentally I swelled with pride--a partner in a firm with $4,000 capital! Mr. Clark attended to the buying and selling, and I took charge of the finance and the books. We at once began to do a large business, dealing in carload lots and cargoes of produce. Naturally we soon needed more money to take care of the increasing trade. There was nothing to do but to attempt to borrow from a bank. But would the bank lend to us?

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17090
Chapter II, excerpt 38

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