Wed, Oct 6, 2027

梁惠王曰：「晉國，天下莫強焉，叟之所知也。及寡人之身，東敗於齊，長子死焉；西喪地於秦七百里；南辱於楚。寡人恥之，願比死者壹洒之，如之何則可？」 孟子對曰：「地方百里，而可以王。王如施仁政於民，省刑罰，薄稅斂，深耕易耨；壯者以暇日修其孝悌忠信，入以事其父兄，出以事其長上；可使制梃以撻秦楚之堅甲利兵矣。彼奪其民時，使不得耕耨以養其父母。父母凍餓，兄弟妻子離散。彼陷溺其民，王往而征之，夫誰與王敵？故曰：『仁者無敵。』王請勿疑。」

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梁惠王上·5

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賓朋雲集、劇飲淋漓樂矣。 俄而漏盡燭殘、香銷茗冷、不覚反成嘔咽、令人索然無味。 天下事率類此、人奈何不早回頭也。

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第232则

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陛下損膳省用，出禁錢以振元元，寬貸，而民不齊出南畝，商賈滋眾。貧者畜積無有，皆仰縣官。異時算軺車賈人之嬢錢皆有差，請算如故。諸賈人末作貰貸賣買，居邑貯積諸物，及商以取利者，雖無市籍，各以其物自占，率嬢錢二千而算一。諸作有租及鑄，率嬢錢四千算一。非吏比者、三老、北邊騎士，軺車一算；商賈人軺車二算；船五丈以上一算。匿不自占，占不悉，戍邊一歲，沒入嬢錢。有能告者，以其半畀之。賈人有市籍，及家屬，皆無得名田，以便農。敢犯令，沒入田貨。」 是時，豪富皆爭匿財，唯卜式數求入財以助縣官。天子乃超拜式為中郎，賜爵左庶長，田十頃，布告天下，以風百姓。初，式不願為官，上強拜之，稍遷至齊相。語自在其傳。

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卷二十四·下 貨·第13则

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丁巳，赦天下。是日，皇后上表稱：「陛下前以妾為宸妃，韓瑗、來濟面折庭爭，此既事之極難，豈非深情為國！乞加褒賞。」上以表示瑗等，瑗等彌憂懼，屢請去位，上不許。

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卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下永徽六年（乙卯，公元六五五年）·第3则

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As I became acquainted with the manufacture of iron I was greatly surprised to find that the cost of each of the various processes was unknown. Inquiries made of the leading manufacturers of Pittsburgh proved this. It was a lump business, and until stock was taken and the books balanced at the end of the year, the manufacturers were in total ignorance of results. I heard of men who thought their business at the end of the year would show a loss and had found a profit, and _vice-versa_. I felt as if we were moles burrowing in the dark, and this to me was intolerable. I insisted upon such a system of weighing and accounting being introduced throughout our works as would enable us to know what our cost was for each process and especially what each man was doing, who saved material, who wasted it, and who produced the best results.

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Chapter X, excerpt 65

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