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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 7, 崇禮第三十七, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷7·崇禮第三十七 · Investing · Character · Leadership · Health

賢良曰:「王者崇禮施德,上仁義而賤怪力,故聖人絕而不言。孔子曰:『言忠信,行篤敬,雖蠻、貊之邦,不可棄也。』今萬方絕國之君奉贄獻者,懷天子之盛德,而欲觀中國之禮儀,故設明堂、辟雍以示之,揚干戚、昭雅、頌以風之。今乃以玩好不用之器,奇蟲不畜之獸,角抵諸戲,炫耀之物陳誇之,殆與周公之待遠方殊。昔周公處謙以卑士,執禮以治天下,辭越裳之贄,見恭讓之禮也;既,與入文王之廟,是見大孝之禮也。目睹威儀干戚之容,耳聽清歌雅、頌之聲,心充至德,欣然以歸,此四夷所以慕義內附,非重譯狄鞮來觀猛獸熊羆也。夫犀象兕虎,南夷之所多也;騾驢馲駝,北狄之常畜也。中國所鮮,外國賤之,南越以孔雀珥門戶,昆山之旁,以玉璞抵烏鵲。今貴人之所賤,珍人之所饒,非所以厚中國,明盛德也。隋、和,世之名寶也,而不能安危存亡。故喻德示威,惟賢臣良相,不在犬馬珍怪。是以聖王以賢為寶,不以珠玉為寶。昔晏子修之樽俎之間,而折沖乎千里;不能者,雖隋、和滿篋,無益於存亡。」

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