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司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 198, Entry 15

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀二十二年(戊申,公元六四八年) · Leadership · Human nature · Health · Decision

充容長城徐惠以上東征高麗,西討龜茲,翠微、玉華,營繕相繼,又服玩頗華靡,上疏諫,其略曰:「以有盡之農功,填無窮之巨浪;圖未獲之他眾,喪已成之我軍。昔秦皇併吞六國,反速危亡之基,晉武奄有三方,翻成覆敗之業;豈非矜功恃大,棄德輕邦,圖利忘危,肆情縱欲之所致乎!是知地廣非常安之術,人勞乃易亂之源也。」又曰:「雖復茅茨示約,猶興木石之疲,和雇取人,不無煩擾之弊。」又曰:「珍玩伎巧,乃喪國之斧斤;珠玉錦繡,實迷心之鴆毒。」又曰:「作法於儉,猶恐其奢;作法於奢,何以制後!」上善其言,甚禮重之。

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