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春，正月，定方獻俘於乾陽殿。法司請誅都曼，定方請曰：「臣許以不死，故都曼出降，願丐其餘生。」上曰：「朕屈法以全卿之信。」乃免之。

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卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下顯慶五年（庚申，公元六六零年）·第1则

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凡人之生也，必以其歡。憂則失紀，怒則失端。憂悲喜怒，道乃無處。愛慾靜之，遇亂正之。勿引勿推，福將自歸。彼道自來，可藉與謀。靜則得之，躁則失之。靈氣在心，一來一逝。其細無內，其大無外。所以失之，以躁爲害。心能執靜，道將自定。得道之人，理丞而屯泄，匈中無敗。節欲之道，萬物不害。

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第49篇內業·第8则

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From these different facts, therefore, we seem to have some reason to conclude that, about the middle of the fourteenth century, and for a considerable time before, the average or ordinary price of the quarter of wheat was not supposed to be less than four ounces of silver, Tower weight.

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Book I, Chapter XI, paragraph 483

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初，突厥突利可汗建牙直幽州之北，主東偏，奚、□等數十部多叛突厥來降，頡利可汗以其失眾責之。及薛延陀、回紇等敗欲谷設，頡利遣突利討之，突利兵又敗，輕騎奔還。頡利怒，拘之十餘日而撻之，突利由是怨，陰欲叛頡利。頡利數徵兵於突利，突利不與，表請入朝。上謂侍臣曰：「向者突厥之強，控弦百萬，憑陵中夏，用是驕恣，以失其民。今自請入朝，非困窮，肯如是乎！朕聞之，且喜且懼。何則？突厥衰則邊境安矣，故喜。然朕或失道，它日亦將如突厥，能無懼乎！卿曹宜不惜苦諫，以輔朕之不逮也。」頡利發兵攻突利，丁亥，突利遣使來求救。上謀於大臣曰：「朕與突利為兄弟，有急不可不救。然頡利亦與之有盟，奈何？」兵部尚書杜如晦曰：「戎狄無信，終當負約，今不因其亂而取之，後悔無及。夫取亂侮亡，古之道也。」

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卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀二年（戊子，公元六二八年）·第12则

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What surprised me was the good humor which prevailed everywhere. It was a vast picnic, full of amusing incidents. Everybody was in high glee; fortunes were supposedly within reach; everything was booming. On the tops of the derricks floated flags on which strange mottoes were displayed. I remember looking down toward the river and seeing two men working their treadles boring for oil upon the banks of the stream, and inscribed upon their flag was "Hell or China." They were going down, no matter how far.

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Chapter X, excerpt 69

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