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司馬遷：All for Profit
司馬遷《史記》· 卷一百二十九·貨殖列傳第六十九 · Wealth · History · Human nature
諺曰：「千金之子，不死於市。」此非空言也。故曰：「天下熙熙，皆為利來；天下壤壤，皆為利往。」
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Locator：卷一百二十九·貨殖列傳第六十九 · Verified：2026-10-19 · Verification：Edition variant
Reading
An old proverb on wealth and human nature: the crowd comes and goes for profit.
Context
From the Biographies of the Money-Makers in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. This edition reads rang-rang; many modern editions read rang-rang with a different character.
Today's question
Is the profit you are pursuing a real need, or a need you imagined?
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