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司馬遷:Records of the Grand Historian, 平準書, 平準書, Entry 25

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初,卜式者,河南人也,以田畜為事。親死,式有少弟,弟壯,式脫身出分,獨取畜羊百餘,田宅財物盡予弟。式入山牧十餘歲,羊致千餘頭,買田宅。而其弟盡破其業,式輒復分予弟者數矣。是時漢方數使將擊匈奴,卜式上書,願輸家之半縣官助邊。天子使使問式:「欲官乎?」式曰:「臣少牧,不習仕宦,不願也。」使問曰:「家豈有冤,欲言事乎?」式曰:「臣生與人無分爭。式邑人貧者貸之,不善者教順之,所居人皆從式,式何故見冤於人!無所欲言也。」使者曰:「茍如此,子何欲而然?」式曰:「天子誅匈奴,愚以為賢者宜死節於邊,有財者宜輸委,如此而匈奴可滅也。」使者具其言入以聞。天子以語丞相弘。弘曰:「此非人情。不軌之臣,不可以為化而亂法,願陛下勿許。」於是上久不報式,數歲,乃罷式。式歸,復田牧。歲餘,會軍數出,渾邪王等降,縣官費眾,倉府空。其明年,貧民大徙,皆仰給縣官,無以盡贍。卜式持錢二十萬予河南守,以給徙民。河南上富人助貧人者籍,天子見卜式名,識之,曰「是固前而欲輸其家半助邊」,乃賜式外繇四百人。式又盡復予縣官。是時富豪皆爭匿財,唯式尤欲輸之助費。天子於是以式終長者,故尊顯以風百姓。

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