Hanfeizi · 姦劫弒臣第十四
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國有擅主之臣，
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則群下不得盡其智力以陳其忠，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則群下不得盡其智力以陳其忠，Keep different negatives apart ↗則群下不得盡其智力以陳其忠，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗則群下不得盡其智力以陳其忠，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗百官之吏不得奉法以致其功矣。Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗Watch recurrence: 其 × 3 之 × 2 不 × 2 得 × 2 以 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 說難第十二以致其功，深計而不疑，引爭而不罪，則明割利害以致其功，直指是非以飾其身。以此相持，此說之成也。
韓非子 · 難一第三十六有擅主之不葬者，是臣重也。臣重之實，擅主也。有擅主之臣，則君令不下究，臣情不上通。一人之力能隔君臣之間，使善敗不聞，禍福不通，故有不葬之
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四擅主之臣故主必欺於上，而臣必重於下矣，此之謂擅主之臣。
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_014.txt, lines 60–64. HF 14.02:01; jiaoshi 214; jishi 245; jiaozhu 127; shiping 474
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