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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 9, 論功第五十二, Entry 2
桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷9·論功第五十二 · Investing · Growth · Character · Leadership
文學曰:「匈奴車器無銀黃絲漆之飾,素成而務堅,絲無文采裙袆曲襟之制,都成而務完。男無刻鏤奇巧之事,宮室城郭之功。女無綺繡淫巧之貢,纖綺羅紈之作。事省而致用,易成而難弊。雖無修戟強弩,戎馬良弓;家有其備,人有其用,一旦有急,貫弓上馬而已。資糧不見案首,而支數十日之食,因山谷為城郭,因水草為倉廩。法約而易辯,求寡而易供。是以刑省而不犯,指麾而令從。嫚於禮而篤於信,略於文而敏於事。故雖無禮義之書,刻骨卷木,百官有以相記,而君臣上下有以相使。群臣為縣官計者,皆言其易,而實難,是以秦欲驅之而反更亡也。故兵者凶器,不可輕用也。其以強為弱,以存為亡,一朝爾也。」
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