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孫子曰：凡處軍相敵，絕山依谷，視生處高，戰隆無登，此處山之軍也。絕水必遠水，客絕水而來，勿迎之于水內，令半濟而擊之，利；欲戰者，無附于水而迎客，視生處高，無迎水流，此處水上之軍也。絕斥澤，惟亟去無留，若交軍於斥澤之中，必依水草，而背衆樹，此處斥澤之軍也。平陸處易，而右背高，前死後生，此處平陸之軍也。凡此四軍之利，黃帝之所以勝四帝也。

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行軍第九·第1则

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先生曰：「無知無不知，本體原是如此。譬如日未嘗有心照物，而自無物不照。無照無不照，原是日的本體。良知本無知，今卻要有知，本無不知，今卻疑有不知，只是信不及耳。」

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卷下·第282条

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No two characters seem more inconsistent than those of trader and sovereign. If the trading spirit of the English East India company renders them very bad sovereigns, the spirit of sovereignty seems to have rendered them equally bad traders. While they were traders only, they managed their trade successfully, and were able to pay from their profits a moderate dividend to the proprietors of their stock. Since they became sovereigns, with a revenue which, it is said, was originally more than three millions sterling, they have been obliged to beg the ordinary assistance of government, in order to avoid immediate bankruptcy. In their former situation, their servants in India considered themselves as the clerks of merchants; in their present situation, those servants consider themselves as the ministers of sovereigns.

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Book V, Chapter II, paragraph 1877

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散騎常侍房遺愛尚太宗女高陽公主，公主驕恣甚，房玄齡薨，公主教遺愛與兄遺直異財，既而反譖遺直。遺直自言，太宗深責讓主，由是寵衰，主怏怏不悅。會御史劾盜，得浮屠辯機寶枕，雲主所賜。主與辯機私通，餉遺億計，更以二女子侍遺愛。太宗怒，腰斬辯機，殺奴婢十餘人；主益怨望，太宗崩，無戚容。上即位，主又令遺愛與遺直更相訟，遺愛坐出為房州刺史，遺直為隰州刺史。又，浮屠智勖等數人私侍主，主使掖庭令陳玄運伺宮省禨祥。

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽三年（壬子，公元六五二年）·第15则

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Money comes naturally as the result of service. And it is absolutely necessary to have money. But we do not want to forget that the end of money is not ease but the opportunity to perform more service. In my mind nothing is more abhorrent than a life of ease. None of us has any right to ease. There is no place in civilization for the idler. Any scheme looking to abolishing money is only making affairs more complex, for we must have a measure. That our present system of money is a satisfactory basis for exchange is a matter of grave doubt. That is a question which I shall talk of in a subsequent chapter. The gist of my objection to the present monetary system is that it tends to become a thing of itself and to block instead of facilitate production.

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Excerpt 13

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