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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 1, 復古第六, Entry 3

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷1·復古第六 · Growth · Wealth · Investing · Cognition

大夫曰:「宇棟之內,燕雀不知天地之高;坎井之蛙,不知江海之大;窮夫否婦,不知國家之慮;負荷之商,不知猗頓之富。先帝計外國之利,料胡、越之兵,兵敵弱而易制,用力少而功大,故因勢變以主四夷,地濱山海,以屬長城,北略河外,開路匈奴之鄉,功未卒。蓋文王受命伐崇,作吧於豐;武王繼之,載屍以行,破商擒紂,遂成王業。曹沬棄三北之恥,而復侵地;管仲負當世之累,而立霸功。故誌大者遺小,用權者離俗。有司思師望之計,遂先帝之業,志在絕胡、貉,擒單于,故未遑扣扃之義,而錄拘儒之論。」

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