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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 5, 遵道第二十三, Entry 6

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷5·遵道第二十三 · Investing · Leadership · Wealth · Cognition

丞相史曰:「說西施之美無益於容,道堯、舜之德無益於治。今文學不言所為治,而言以治之無功,猶不言耕田之方,美富人之囷倉也。夫欲粟者務時,欲治者因世。故商君昭然獨見存亡不可與世俗同者,為其沮功而多近也。庸人安其故,而愚者果所聞。故舟車之治,使民三年而後安之。商君之法立,然後民信之。孔子曰:『可與共學,未可與權。』文學可令扶繩循刻,非所與論道術之外也。」

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