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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 2, 刺權第九, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷2·刺權第九 · Investing · Leadership · Health · Cognition

文學曰:「禹、稷自布衣,思天下有不得其所者,若己推而納之溝中,故起而佐堯,平治水土,教民稼穡。其自任天下如此其重也,豈云食祿以養妻子而已乎?夫食萬人之力者,蒙其憂,任其勞。一人失職,一官不治,皆公卿之累也。故君子之仕,行其義,非樂其勢也。受祿以潤賢,非私其利。見賢不隱,食祿不專,此公叔之所以為文,魏成子所以為賢也。故文王德成而後封子孫,天下不以為黨,周公功成而後受封,天下不以為貪。今則不然。親戚相推,朋黨相舉,父尊於位,子溢於內,夫貴於朝,妻謁行於外。無周公之德而有其富,無管仲之功而有其侈,故編戶跛夫而望疾步也。」

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