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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 8, 結和第四十三, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷8·結和第四十三 · Investing · Philosophy · Decision · Leadership

文學曰:「湯事夏而卒服之,周事殷而卒滅之。故以大御小者王,以強淩弱者亡。聖人不困其眾以兼國,良御不困其馬以兼道。故造父之御不失和,聖人之治不倍德。秦攝利銜以御宇內,執修棰以笞八極,驂服以罷,而鞭策愈加,故有傾銜遺棰之變。士民非不眾,力勤非不多也,皆內倍外附而莫為用。此高皇帝所以仗劍而取天下也。夫兩主好合,內外交通,天下安寧,世世無患,士民何事?三王何怒焉?」

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