Mon, Mar 22, 2027

時大司農中丞耿壽昌以善為算能商功利得幸於上，五鳳中奏言：「故事，歲漕關東穀四百萬斛以給京師，用卒六萬人。宜糴三輔、弘農、河東、上黨、太原郡穀足供京師，可以省關東漕卒過半。」又白增海租三倍，天子皆從其計。御史大夫蕭望之奏言：「故御史屬徐宮家在東萊，言往年加海租，魚不出。長老皆言武帝時縣官嘗自漁，海魚不出，後復予民，魚乃出。夫陰陽之感，物類相應，萬事盡然。今壽昌欲近糴漕關內之穀，築倉治船，費直二萬萬餘，有動眾之功，恐生旱氣，民被其災。壽昌習於商功分銖之事，其深計遠慮，誠未足任，宜且如故。」上不聽。漕事果便，壽昌遂白令邊郡皆築倉，以穀賤時增其賈而糴，以利農，穀貴時減賈而糶，名曰常平倉。民便之。

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卷二十四·上 食·第21则

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或問：「晦庵先生曰：『人之所以為學者，心與理而已。』，此語如何？」 曰：「心即性，性即理，下一『與』字，恐未免為二。此在學者善觀之。」

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卷上·第33条

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By the fourth quarter, the credit crisis, coupled with tumbling home and stock prices, had produced a paralyzing fear that engulfed the country. A freefall in business activity ensued, accelerating at a pace that I have never before witnessed. The U.S. – and much of the world – became trapped in a vicious negative-feedback cycle. Fear led to business contraction, and that in turn led to even greater fear.

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2008 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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中牟丞皇甫德參上言：「修洛陽宮，勞人；收地租，厚斂；俗好高髻，蓋宮中所化。」上怒，謂房玄齡等曰：「德參欲國家不役一人，不收斗租，宮人皆無發，乃可其意邪！」欲治其謗訕之罪。魏徵諫曰：「賈誼當漢文帝時上書，云『可為痛哭者一，可為流涕者二。』自古上書不激切，不能動人主之心，所謂狂夫之言，聖人擇焉，唯陛下裁察。」上曰：「朕罪斯人，則誰復敢言？」乃賜絹二十匹。他日，征奏言：「陛下近日不好直言，雖勉強含容，非曩時之豁如。」上乃更加優賜，拜監察御史。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀八年（甲午，公元六三四年）·第15则

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The negotiation was still unsatisfactory to me, because we were to get all the difficult part of the work--the great spans of which the risk was then considerable--while Mr. Garrett was to build all the small and profitable spans at his own shops upon our plans and patents. I ventured to ask whether he was dividing the work because he honestly believed we could not open his bridges for traffic as soon as his masonry would permit. He admitted he was. I told him that he need not have any fear upon that point.

Source： https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
Chapter IX, excerpt 60

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