《淮南子·人间训》
每战必胜，每攻必克，然后扩展土地，提高威望，这是每个天下人都希望得到的利益。但晋厉公却因为这些而落得个身死国亡。这就是我们说的补益它，结果却是损减它。
夫战胜攻取，地广而名尊，此天下所愿也，然而终于身死国亡，此所谓益之而损者也。
In every battle, he was victorious, and in every siege, he conquered, and in so doing, he expanded his territory and increased his prestige, which is the kind of benefit every man in the world desires. However, Duke Li of Jin ended up dead and his country destroyed because of this. This is what we mean when we say that benefiting it actually diminishes it.