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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 1, 通有第三, Entry 5
桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷1·通有第三 · Wealth · Investing · Health · Decision
大夫曰:「古者,宮室有度,輿服以庸;采椽茅茨,非先王之制也。君子節奢刺儉,儉則固。昔孫叔敖相楚,妻不衣帛,馬不秣粟。孔子曰:『不可,大儉極下。』此蟋蟀所為作也。管子曰:『不飾宮室,則材木不可勝用,不充庖廚,則禽獸不損其壽。無末利,則本業無所出,無黼黻,則女工不施。』故工商梓匠,邦國之用,器械之備也。自古有之,非獨於此。弦高販牛於周,五羖賃車入秦,公輸子以規矩,歐冶以镕鑄。語曰:『百工居肆,以致其事。』農商交易,以利本末。山居澤處,蓬蒿堯埆,財物流通,有以均之。是以多者不獨衍,少者不獨饉。若各居其處,食其食,則是橘柚不鬻,朐鹵之鹽不出,旃罽不市,而吳、唐之材不用也。」
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