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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> Replies in Self-Defense -> 5 - Parallel passages[More information]
上书奏记,陈列便宜,皆欲辅政。今作书者,犹书奏记,说发胸臆,文成手中,其实一也。夫上书谓之奏,奏记转易其名谓之书。建初孟年,中州颇歉,頴川、汝南民流四散。圣主忧怀,诏书数至。《论衡》之人,奏记郡守,宜禁奢侈,以备困乏。言不纳用,退题记草,名曰《备乏》。酒縻五谷,生起盗贼,沉湎饮酒,盗贼不绝,奏记郡守,禁民酒。退题记草,名曰《禁酒》。由此言之,夫作书者、上书奏记之文也。记谓之造作,上书上书奏记是作也?