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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 1, 通有第三, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷1·通有第三 · Wealth · Investing · Philosophy · Health

文學曰:「荊、揚南有桂林之饒,內有江、湖之利,左陵陽之金,右蜀、漢之材,伐木而樹穀,燔萊而播粟,火耕而水耨,地廣而饒財;然民鮆窳偷生,好衣甘食,雖白屋草廬,歌謳鼓琴,日給月單,朝歌暮戚。趙、中山帶大河,纂四通神衢,當天下之蹊,商賈錯於路,諸侯交於道;然民淫好末,侈靡而不務本,田疇不修,男女矜飾,家無斗筲,鳴琴在室。是以楚、趙之民,均貧而寡富。宋、衛、韓、梁,好本稼穡,編戶齊民,無不家衍人給。故利在自惜,不在勢居街衢;富在儉力趣時,不在歲司羽鳩也。」

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