Thu, Feb 4, 2027

治書侍御史權萬紀上言：「宣、饒二州銀大發采之，歲可得數百萬緡。」上曰：「朕貴為天子，所乏者非財也，但恨無嘉言可以利民耳。與其多得數百萬緡，何如得一賢才！卿未嘗進一賢，退一不肖，而專言稅銀之利。昔堯、舜抵璧於山，投珠於谷，漢之桓、靈乃聚錢為私藏，卿欲以桓、靈俟我邪！」是日。黜萬紀，使還家。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十年（丙申，公元六三六年）·第19则

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「故法而守常，尊禮而變俗，上信而賤文，好緣而好駔，此謂成國之法也。爲國者，反民性然後可以與民戚。民欲佚而教以勞，民欲生而教以死。勞教定而國富，死教定而威行。聖人者，陰陽理，故平外而險中。故信其情者傷其神，美其質者傷其文。化之美者應其名，變其美者應其時，不能兆其端者菑及之。故緣地之利，承從天之指，辱舉其死，開國閇辱。知其緣地之利者，所以參天地之吉綱也。承從天之指者，動必明。辱舉其死者，與其失人同，公事則，道必行。開其國門者，玩之以善言，奈其斝。辱知神次者，操犧牲與其珪璧，以執其斝。家小害，以小勝大。員其中，辰其外而復，畏强，長其虛而物正，以視其中情。」公曰：「國門則塞，百姓誰衍敖，胡以備之？」「擇天下之所宥，擇鬼之所當，擇人天之所戴，而亟付其身，此所以安之也。」

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第35篇侈靡·第6则

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In our early years we put most of our retained earnings and insurance float into investments in marketable securities. Because of this emphasis, and because the securities we purchased generally did well, our growth rate in investments was for a long time quite high.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2006ltr.pdf
2006 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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初，上令群臣議封建，魏徵議以為：「若封建諸侯，則卿大夫鹹資俸祿，必致厚斂。又，京畿賦稅不多，所資畿外，若盡以封國邑，經費頓闕。又，燕、秦、趙、代俱帶外夷，若有警急，追兵內地，難以奔赴。」禮部侍郎李百藥以為：「運祚修短，定命自天，堯、舜大聖，守之而不能固；漢、魏微賤，拒之而不能卻。今使勳戚子孫皆有民有社，易世之後，將驕淫自恣，攻戰相殘，害民尤深，不若守令之迭居也。」中書侍郎顏師古以為：「不若分王諸子，勿令過大，間以州縣，雜錯而居，互相維持，使各守其境，協力同心，足扶京室；為置官寮，皆省司選用，法令之外，不得擅作威刑，朝貢禮儀，具為條式。一定此制，萬代無虞。」十一月，丙辰，詔：「皇家宗室及勳賢之臣，宜令作鎮籓部，貽厥子孫，非有大故，無或黜免，所司明為條列，定等級以聞。」

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卷193·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之中貞觀五年（辛卯，公元六三一年）·第15则

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I have since had doubts of the practicability of the latter part of this proposal, on account of the narrowness of some streets, and the difficulty of placing the draining-sleds so as not to encumber too much the passage; but I am still of opinion that the former, requiring the dust to be swept up and carry'd away before the shops are open, is very practicable in the summer, when the days are long; for, in walking thro' the Strand and Fleet-street one morning at seven o'clock, I observ'd there was not one shop open, tho' it had been daylight and the sun up above three hours; the inhabitants of London chusing voluntarily to live much by candle-light, and sleep by sunshine, and yet often complain, a little absurdly, of the duty on candles and the high price of tallow.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
Excerpt 58

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