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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 10, 詔聖第五十八, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷10·詔聖第五十八 · Investing · Character · Leadership · Cognition

文學曰:「古者,明其仁義之誓,使民不踰;不教而殺,是虐民也。與其刑不可踰,不若義之不可踰也。聞禮義行而刑罰中,未聞刑罰行而孝悌興也。高墻狹基,不可立也。嚴刑峻法,不可久也。二世信趙高之計,渫篤責而任誅斷,刑者半道,死者日積。殺民多者為忠,厲民悉者為能。百姓不勝其求,黔首不勝其刑,海內同憂而俱不聊生。故過任之事,父不得於子;無已之求,君不得於臣。死不再生,窮鼠齧貍,匹夫奔萬乘,舍人折弓,陳勝、吳廣是也。當此之時,天下俱起,四面而攻秦,聞不一期而社稷為墟,惡在其能長制群下,而久守其國也?」

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