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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 10, 大論第五十九, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷10·大論第五十九 · Investing · Leadership · Cognition · Decision

文學曰:「文王興而民好善,幽、厲興而民好暴,非性之殊,風俗使然也。故商、周之所以昌,桀、紂之所以亡也,湯、武非得伯夷之民以治,桀、紂非得跖、蹻之民以亂也,故治亂不在於民。孔子曰:『聽訟吾猶人也,必也使無訟乎!』無訟者難,訟而聽之易。夫不治其本而事其末,古之所謂愚,今之所謂智。以棰楚正亂,以刀筆正文,古之所謂賊,今之所謂賢也。」

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