Hanfeizi · 外儲說右上第三十四
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天下之善將也，
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孟子 · 萬章下天下之善鄉之善士，一國之善士斯友一國之善士，天下之善士斯友天下之善士。以友天下之善士為未足，又尚論古之人。
荀子 · 儒效篇第八天下之善造父者、天下之善御者也，無輿馬則無所見其能。羿者、天下之善射者也，無弧矢則無所見其巧。大儒者、善調一
荀子 · 正論篇第十八天下之善楚、越不受制。」是不然。湯、武者，至天下之善禁令者也。湯居亳，武王居鄗，皆百里之地也，天下為一，諸侯為臣，通達之屬莫不振動從服以
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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_034.txt, lines 802–812. HF 34.20:03 [26]; jiaoshi 572f; jishi 733; shiping 1269; jiaozhu 453
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