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臧宮字君翁,潁川人也。匈奴飢疫,自相分争,帝以問宮。宮曰:願得五千騎以立功。帝笑曰:常勝之家,難與慮敵,吾方自思之,建武二十七年。宮與楊虛侯馬武上書曰:匈奴人畜疫死,旱蝗赤地,疫困之力,不當中國一郡,萬里死命,懸在陛下,福不再來,時或易失,豈宜固守文德而墮武事乎。詔報曰:黄石公記曰:柔能制剛,弱能制强,柔者,德也。剛者,賊也。弱者,仁之助也。强者,怨之歸也。舍近謀遠者,勞而無功,舍遠謀近者,逸而有終,逸政多忠臣,勞政多亂民。故曰:務廣地者荒,務廣德者强,有其有者安,貪人有者殘,殘滅之政,雖成必敗,今國無善政,灾變不息,百姓驚惶,人不自保,而復欲遠事邊外乎。孔子曰:吾恐季孫之憂,不在顓臾,且傳聞之事,恒多失實,苟非非舊作無,改之其時,不如息民,自是諸將莫敢復言兵事者。

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