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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 4, 地廣第十六, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷4·地廣第十六 · Investing · Growth · Leadership · Health

文學曰:「秦之用兵,可謂極矣,蒙恬斥境,可謂遠矣。今踰蒙恬之塞,立郡縣寇虜之地,地彌遠而民滋勞。朔方以西,長安以北,新郡之功,外城之費,不可勝計。非徒是也,司馬、唐蒙鑿西南夷之塗,巴、蜀弊於邛、筰;橫海征南夷,樓船戍東越,荊、楚罷於甌、駱;左將伐朝鮮,開臨屯,燕、齊困於穢貉,張騫通殊遠,納無用,府庫之藏,流於外國;非特鬥辟之費,造陽之役也。由此觀之:非人主用心,好事之臣為縣官計過也。」

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