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柳芳曰：玄齡佐太宗定天下，及終相位，凡三十二年，天下號為賢相；然無跡可尋，德亦至矣。故太宗定禍亂而房、杜不言功，王、魏善諫諍而房、杜讓其賢，英、衛善將兵而房、杜行其道，理致太平，善歸人主。為唐宗臣，宜哉！

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下貞觀二十二年（戊申，公元六四八年）·第14则

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為無為，事無事，味無味。 大小多少，報怨以德。 圖難於其易，為大於其細；天下難事必作於易，天下大事必作於細。是以聖人終不為大，故能成其大。夫輕諾必寡信，多易必多難。是以聖人猶難之， 故終無難矣

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王弼本·六十三章

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In the Venetian territory, all the arable lands which are given in lease to farmers are taxed at a tenth of the rent. {Memoires concernant les Droits, p. 240, 241.} The leases are recorded in a public register, which is kept by the officers of revenue in each province or district. When the proprietor cultivates his own lands, they are valued according to an equitable estimation, and he is allowed a deduction of one-fifth of the tax; so that for such land he pays only eight instead of ten per cent. of the supposed rent.

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Book V, Chapter II, paragraph 1907

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上謂侍臣曰：「朕比來決事或不能皆如律令，公輩以為事小，不復執奏。夫事無不由小以致大，此乃危亡之端也。昔關龍逄忠諫而死，朕每痛之。煬帝驕暴而亡，公輩所親見也。公輩常宜為朕思煬帝之亡，朕常為公輩念關龍逄之死，何患君臣不相保乎！」

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀六年（壬辰，公元六三二年）·第26则

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I can never cease to wonder at his capacity for hard work. I do not often see him now, for he has great affairs on his hands, while I live like a farmer away from active happenings in business, playing golf, planting trees; and yet I am so busy that no day is long enough.

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Chapter I, excerpt 5

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