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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 197, Entry 9
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十八年(甲辰,公元六四四年) · Leadership · Philosophy · Health · Cognition
上好文學而辯敏,群臣言事者,上引古今以折之,多不能對。劉洎上書諫曰:「帝王之與凡庶,聖哲之與庸愚,上下相懸,擬倫斯絕。是知以至愚而對至聖,以極卑而對至尊,徒思自強,不可得也。陛下降恩旨,假慈顏,凝旒以聽其言,虛襟以納其說,猶恐群下未敢對揚;況動神機,縱天辯,飾辭以折其理,引古以排其議,欲令凡庶何階應答!且多記則損心,多語則損氣,心氣內損,形神外勞,初雖不覺,後必為累。須為社稷自愛,豈為性好自傷乎!至如秦政強辯,失人心於自矜;魏文宏才,虧從望於虛說。此才辯之累,較然可知矣。」上飛白答之曰:「非慮無以臨下,非言無以述慮,比有談論,遂致煩多,輕物驕人,恐由茲道,形神心氣,非此為勞。今聞讜言,虛懷以改。」己未,至顯仁宮。
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