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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 8, 西域第四十六, Entry 3

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷8·西域第四十六 · Investing · Decision · Growth · Philosophy

大夫曰:「初,貳師不克宛而還也,議者欲使人主不遂忿,則西域皆瓦解而附於胡,胡得眾國而益強。先帝絕奇聽,行武威,還襲宛,宛舉國以降,效其器物,致其寶馬。烏孫之屬駭膽,請為臣妾。匈奴失魄,奔走遁逃,雖未盡服,遠處寒苦磽埆之地,壯者死於祁連、天山,其孤未復。故群臣議以為匈奴困於漢兵,折翅傷翼,可遂擊服。會先帝棄群臣,以故匈奴不革。譬如為山,未成一簣而止,度功業而無繼成之理,是棄與胡而資強敵也。輟幾沮成,為主計若斯,亦未可謂盡忠也。」

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