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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 6, 疾貪第三十三, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷6·疾貪第三十三 · Investing · Decision · Health · Leadership

賢良曰:「古之制爵祿也,卿大夫足以潤賢厚士,士足以優身及黨,庶人為官者,足以代其耕而食其祿。今小吏祿薄,郡國繇役,遠至三輔,粟米貴,不足相贍。常居則匱於衣食,有故則賣畜粥業。非徒是也,繇使相遣,官庭攝追,小計權吏,行施乞貸,長吏侵漁,上府下求之縣,縣求之鄉,鄉安取之哉?語曰:『貨賂下流,猶水之赴下,不竭不止。』今大川江河飲巨海,巨海受之,而欲溪谷之讓流潦;百官之廉,不可得也。夫欲影正者端其表,欲下廉者先之身。故貪鄙在率不在下,教訓在政不在民也。」

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