Hanfeizi · 外儲說右上第三十四
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夫國亦有狗，
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有道之士懷其術而欲以明萬乘之主，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗有道之士懷其術而欲以明萬乘之主，Read the relationship between clauses ↗有道之士懷其術而欲以明萬乘之主，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗此人主之所以蔽脅，Focus on what an action concerns ↗而有道之士所以不用也。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 有 × 3 而 × 3 以 × 3 國 × 2 狗 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 讓王第二十八有道之士。客有言之於鄭子陽者曰：「列御寇，蓋有道之士也，居君之國而窮，君无乃為不好士乎？」鄭子陽即令官遺之粟。子列子出見使者，再拜而辭。
老子 · 第二十六章萬乘之主，不離輜重。雖有榮觀，燕處超然。奈何萬乘之主而以身輕天下？輕則失本。躁則失君。
莊子 · 徐无鬼第二十四萬乘之主高不可以為長，居下不可以為短。君獨為萬乘之主，以苦一國之民，以養耳目鼻口，
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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 980–989. HF 34.23:03 [31]; jiaoshi 576; jishi 737; shiping 1275; jiaozhu 457
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