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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 1, 力耕第二, Entry 4
桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷1·力耕第二 · Wealth · Investing · Philosophy · Health
文學曰:「古者,商通物而不豫,工致牢而不偽。故君子耕稼田魚,其實一也。商則長詐,工則飾罵,內懷窺窬而心不怍,是以薄夫欺而敦夫薄。昔桀女樂充宮室,文繡衣裳,故伊尹高逝遊薄,而女樂終廢其國。今騾驢之用,不中牛馬之功,鼲貂旃罽,不益錦綈之實。美玉珊瑚出於昆山,珠璣犀象出於桂林,此距漢萬有餘里。計耕桑之功,資財之費,是一物而售百倍其價也,一揖而中萬鐘之粟也。夫上好珍怪,則淫服下流,貴遠方之物,則貨財外充。是以王者不珍無用以節其民,不愛奇貨以富其國。故理民之道,在於節用尚本,分土井田而已。」
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