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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 10, 周秦第五十七, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷10·周秦第五十七 · Investing · Leadership · Cognition · Decision

文學曰:「紂為炮烙之刑,而秦有收帑之法,趙高以峻文決罪於內,百官以峭法斷割於外,死者相枕席,刑者相望,百姓側目重足,不寒而栗。詩云:『謂天蓋高,不敢不局。謂地蓋厚,不敢不蹐。哀今之人,胡為虺蜥!』方此之時,豈特冒蹈刃哉?然父子相背,兄弟相嫚,至於骨肉相殘,上下相殺。非刑輕而罰不必,令太嚴而仁恩不施也。故政寬則下親其上,政嚴則民謀其主,晉厲以幽,二世見殺,惡在峻法之不犯,嚴家之無悍虜也?聖人知之,是以務和而不務威。故高皇帝約秦苛法,以慰怨毒之民,而長和睦之心,唯恐刑之重而德之薄也。是以恩施無窮,澤流後世。商鞅、吳起以秦、楚之法為輕而累之,上危其主,下沒其身,或非特慈母乎!」

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