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Confucianism -> Liji -> Da Xue -> 15

There is a great course also for the production of wealth.
Let the producers be many
and the consumers few.
Let there be activity in the production,
and economy in the expenditure.
Then the wealth will always be sufficient.
The virtuous ruler, by means of his wealth, makes himself more distinguished.
The vicious ruler accumulates wealth, at the expense of his life.
Never has there been a case of the sovereign loving benevolence, and the people not loving righteousness.
Never has there been a case where the people have loved righteousness, and the affairs of the sovereign have not been carried to completion.
And never has there been a case where the wealth in such a state, collected in the treasuries and arsenals, did not continue in the sovereign's possession.


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