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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 192, Entry 12

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀二年(戊子,公元六二八年) · Leadership · Health · Decision · Human nature

初,突厥突利可汗建牙直幽州之北,主東偏,奚、□等數十部多叛突厥來降,頡利可汗以其失眾責之。及薛延陀、回紇等敗欲谷設,頡利遣突利討之,突利兵又敗,輕騎奔還。頡利怒,拘之十餘日而撻之,突利由是怨,陰欲叛頡利。頡利數徵兵於突利,突利不與,表請入朝。上謂侍臣曰:「向者突厥之強,控弦百萬,憑陵中夏,用是驕恣,以失其民。今自請入朝,非困窮,肯如是乎!朕聞之,且喜且懼。何則?突厥衰則邊境安矣,故喜。然朕或失道,它日亦將如突厥,能無懼乎!卿曹宜不惜苦諫,以輔朕之不逮也。」頡利發兵攻突利,丁亥,突利遣使來求救。上謀於大臣曰:「朕與突利為兄弟,有急不可不救。然頡利亦與之有盟,奈何?」兵部尚書杜如晦曰:「戎狄無信,終當負約,今不因其亂而取之,後悔無及。夫取亂侮亡,古之道也。」

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