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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 9, 論鄒第五十三, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷9·論鄒第五十三 · Investing · Character · Action · Philosophy

文學曰:「堯使禹為司空,平水土,隨山刊木,定高下而序九州。鄒衍非聖人,作怪誤,熒惑六國之君,以納其說。此春秋所謂『匹夫熒惑諸侯』者也。孔子曰:『未能事人,焉能事鬼神?』近者不達,焉能知瀛海?故無補於用者,君子不為;無益於治者,君子不由。三王信經道,而德光於四海;戰國信嘉言,而破亡如丘山。昔秦始皇已吞天下,欲幷萬國,亡其三十六郡;欲達瀛海,而失其州縣。知大義如斯,不如守小計也。」

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