Hanfeizi · 外儲說右上第三十四
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堯欲傳天下於舜，
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堯欲傳天下於舜，Locate a relation ↗孰以天下而傳之於匹夫乎？」Locate the unknown ↗孰以天下而傳之於匹夫乎？」Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗孰以天下而傳之於匹夫乎？」Read the relationship between clauses ↗孰以天下而傳之於匹夫乎？」Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗Watch recurrence: 於 × 5 而 × 4 之 × 4 堯 × 3 傳 × 3 天 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 在宥第十一共工於幽堯於是放讙兜於崇山，投三苗於三峗，流共工於幽都，此不勝天下也。
韓非子 · 十過第十天下而傳諸侯以為益侈，國之不服者十三。舜禪天下而傳之於禹，禹作為祭器，墨漆其外，而朱畫其內，縵帛為茵，蔣席頗緣，觴酌有采，而樽俎有飾。
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四以天下而為忠而高之。古有伯夷、叔齊者，武王讓以天下而弗受，二人餓死首陽之陵。若此臣，不畏重誅，不利重賞，不可以罰禁也，不可以賞使也，
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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.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3c0005 · base edition tls
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- KR3c0005_034.txt, lines 1082–1092. HF 34.24:01 [34]; jiaoshi 578; jishi 741; shiping 1279; jiaozhu 459
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