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桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 9, 論菑第五十四, Entry 6

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷9·論菑第五十四 · Investing · Leadership · Philosophy · Cognition

文學曰:「天道好生惡殺,好賞惡罪。故使陽居於實而宣德施,陰藏於虛而為陽佐輔。陽剛陰柔,季不能加孟。此天賤冬而貴春,申陽屈陰。故王者南面而聽天下,背陰向陽,前德而後刑也。霜雪晚至,五穀猶成。雹霧夏隕,萬物皆傷。由此觀之:嚴刑以治國,猶任秋冬以成穀也。故法令者,治惡之具也,而非至治之風也。是以古者,明王茂其德教,而緩其刑罰也。網漏吞舟之魚,而刑審於繩墨之外,及臻其末,而民莫犯禁也。」

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