Sat, May 29, 2027

上問王珪曰：「近世為國者益不及前古，何也？」對曰：「漢世尚儒術，宰相多用經術士，故風俗淳厚；近世重文輕儒，參以法律，此治化之所以益衰也。」上然之。

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卷193·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之中貞觀二年（戊子，公元六二八年）·第6则

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若一家之務，或營其衣食，或通其有無，或備其器用，集謀並力，以求遂其仰事俯育之願，惟恐當其事者之或怠而重己之累也。故稷勤其稼，而不恥其不知教，視契之善教，即己之善教也；夔司其樂，而不恥於不明禮，視夷之通禮，則己之通禮也。蓋其心學純明，而有以全其萬物一體之仁，故其精神流貫，志氣通達，而無有乎人己之分、物我之間。譬之一人之身，目視、耳聽、手持、足行，以濟一身之用。目不恥其無聰，而耳之所涉，目必營焉；足不恥其無執，而手之所探，足必前焉。蓋其元氣充周，血脈條暢，是以痒痾呼吸，感觸神應，有不言而喻之妙。此聖人之學所以至易至簡，易知易從，學易能而才易成者，正以大端惟在復心體之同然，而知識技能非所與論也。

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卷中·第142条

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上謂公卿曰：「昔禹鑿山治水而民無謗讟者，與人同利故也。秦始皇營宮室而民怨叛者，病人以利己故也。夫靡麗珍奇，固人之所欲，若縱之不已，則危亡立至。朕欲營一殿，材用已具，鑒秦而止。王公已下，宜體朕此意。」由是二十年間，風俗素樸，衣無錦繡，公私富給。

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卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀元年（丁亥，公元六二七年）·第34则

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孟子曰：「楊子取『為我』，拔一毛而利天下，不為也。墨子『兼愛』，摩頂於踵利天下，為之。子莫『執中』，執中為近之。執中無權，猶執一也。所惡執一者，為其賊道也，舉一而廢百也。」

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盡心上·26

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The Pittsburgh newspapers had each been in the habit of sending a reporter to the office to transcribe the press dispatches. Later on one man was appointed for all the papers and he suggested that multiple copies could readily be made of the news as received, and it was arranged that I should make five copies of all press dispatches for him as extra work for which he was to pay me a dollar per week. This, my first work for the press, yielded very modest remuneration, to be sure; but it made my salary thirty dollars per month, and every dollar counted in those days. The family was gradually gaining ground; already future millionairedom seemed dawning.

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Chapter V, excerpt 31

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