Hanfeizi · 備內第十七
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今夫水之勝火亦明矣，
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水失其所以勝者矣。Focus on what an action concerns ↗水失其所以勝者矣。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗水失其所以勝者矣。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 水 × 3 其 × 3 之 × 2 勝 × 2 火 × 2 矣 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 告子上水之勝火孟子曰：「仁之勝不仁也，猶水之勝火。今之為仁者，猶以一杯水救一車薪之火也；
韓非子 · 備內第十七失其所以之臣為釜鬵之行，則法獨明於胸中，而已失其所以禁姦者矣。
韓非子 · 安危第二十五失其所以如此，則人失其所以樂生，而忘其所以重死。人不樂生則人主不尊，不重死則令不行也。
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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_017.txt, lines 192–196. HF 17.03:03; jiaoshi 198; jishi 290; jiaozhu 158; shiping 547
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