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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 8, 伐功第四十五, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷8·伐功第四十五 · Investing · Leadership · History · Human nature

文學曰:「古之用師,非貪壤土之利,救民之患也。民思之,若旱之望雨,簞食壺漿,以逆王師。故憂人之患者,民一心而歸之,湯、武是也。不愛民之死,力盡而潰叛者,秦王是也。孟子曰:『君不鄉道,不由仁義,而為之強戰,雖克必亡。』此中國所以擾亂,非蒙恬死而諸侯叛秦。昔周室之盛也,越裳氏來獻,百蠻致貢。其後周衰,諸侯力征,蠻、貊分散,各有聚黨,莫能相一,是以燕、趙能得意焉。其後,匈奴稍強,蠶食諸侯,故破走月氏,因兵威,徙小國,引弓之民,幷為一家,一意同力,故難制也。前君為先帝畫匈奴之策:『兵據西域,奪之便勢之地,以候其變。以漢之強,攻於匈奴之眾,若以強弩潰癰疽;越之禽吳,豈足道哉!』上以為然。用君之義,聽君之計,雖越王之任種、蠡不過。以搜粟都尉為御史大夫,持政十有餘年,未見種、蠡之功,而見靡弊之效,匈奴不為加俛,而百姓黎民以敝矣。是君之策不能弱匈奴,而反衰中國也。善為計者,固若此乎?」

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