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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 197, Entry 22
司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷197·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之下貞觀十七年(癸卯,公元六四三年) · Decision · Growth · Leadership · Human nature
是時,群臣多言:「國家既許其昏,受其聘幣,不可失信戎狄,更生邊患。」上曰:「卿曹皆知古而不知今。昔漢初匈奴強,中國弱,故飾子女、捐金絮以餌之,得事之宜。今中國強,戎狄弱,以我徒兵一千,可擊胡騎數萬。薛延陀所以匍匐稽顙,惟我所欲,不敢驕慢者,以新為君長,雜姓非其種族,欲假中國之勢以威服之耳。彼同羅、僕骨、回紇等十餘部,兵各數萬,並力攻之,立可破滅,所以不敢發者,畏中國所立故也。今以女妻之,彼自恃大國之婿,雜姓誰敢不服!戎狄人面獸心,一旦微不得意,必反噬為害。今吾絕其昏,殺其禮,雜姓知我棄之,不日將瓜剖之矣,卿曹第志之。」
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