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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 8, 誅秦第四十四, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷8·誅秦第四十四 · Investing · Health · Decision · Growth

文學曰:「禹、舜,堯之佐也,湯、文,夏、商之臣也,其所以從八極而朝海內者,非以陸梁之地,兵革之威也。秦、楚、三晉號萬乘,不務積德而務相侵,構兵爭強而卒俱亡。雖以進壤廣地,如食萴之充腸也,欲其安存,何可得也?夫禮讓為國者若江、海,流彌久不竭,其本美也。茍為無本,若蒿火暴怒而無繼,其亡可立而待,戰國是也。周德衰,然後列於諸侯,至今不絕。秦力盡而滅其族,安得朝人也?」

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