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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 2, 非鞅第七, Entry 8
桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷2·非鞅第七 · Investing · Decision · Growth · Character
文學曰:「君子進必以道,退不失義,高而勿矜,勞而不伐,位尊而行恭,功大而理順;故俗不疾其能,而世不妒其業。今商鞅棄道而用權,廢德而任力,峭法盛刑,以虐戾為俗,欺舊交以為功,刑公族以立威,無恩於百姓,無信於諸侯,人與之為怨,家與之為讎,雖以獲功見封,猶食毒肉愉飽而罹其咎也。蘇秦合縱連橫,統理六國,業非不大也;桀、紂與堯、舜並稱,至今不亡,名非不長也;然非者不足貴。故事不茍多,名不茍傳也。」
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