Hanfeizi · 外儲說左上第三十二
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夫信不然之物而誅無罪之臣，
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夫信不然之物而誅無罪之臣，Keep different negatives apart ↗夫信不然之物而誅無罪之臣，Read the relationship between clauses ↗且人所急無如其身，Focus on what an action concerns ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 3 之 × 3 無 × 3 其 × 2 能 × 2 使 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 說林第二十二無罪之臣而王殺臣，是死藥也，是客欺王也。夫殺無罪之臣，而明人之欺王也，不如釋臣。」王乃不殺。
韓非子 · 八經第四十八不然之物乎用，則邪說當上。言之為物也以多信，不然之物，十人云疑，百人然乎！千人不可解也。
韓非子 · 五蠹第四十九不察之患也，乃蒼頡固以知之矣。今以為同利者，不察之患也。然則為匹夫計者，莫如脩行義而習文學。
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
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- 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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- KR3c0005_032.txt, lines 512–518. HF 32.15:02; jiaoshi 486; jishi 631; jiaozhu 375; shiping 1094
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