Hanfeizi · 初見秦第一
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大王誠聽其說，
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一舉而天下之從不破，Read the relationship between clauses ↗一舉而天下之從不破，Keep different negatives apart ↗以為王謀不忠者戒也。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 8 王 × 4 大 × 2 舉 × 2 之 × 2 臣 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 離婁上而天下之瞽瞍厎豫，瞽瞍厎豫而天下化，瞽瞍厎豫而天下之為父子者定，此之謂大孝。」
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一而天下之德雖未至也，義雖未濟也，然而天下之理略奏矣，刑賞已諾信乎天下矣，臣下曉然皆知其可要也。
莊子 · 胠篋第十而天下之削曾史之行，鉗楊墨之口，攘棄仁義，而天下之德始玄同矣。彼人含其明，則天下不鑠矣；人含其聰，則天下不累矣；
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Han Fei; authorship of individual chapters is not uniform or certain.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3c0005 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_001.txt, lines 441–450. HF 01.05:08; jiaoshi 862; jishi 4; jiaozhu 9; shiping 203
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