Hanfeizi · 難一第三十六
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以子之矛陷子之楯，何如？
What happens if your spear pierces your shield?
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楚人有鬻楯與矛者，
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楚人有鬻楯與矛者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗於物無不陷也。』Locate a relation ↗於物無不陷也。』Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 矛 × 4 楯 × 3 曰 × 3 陷 × 3 也 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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The preceding claims say that nothing pierces the shield and that the spear pierces everything.
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韓非子 · 難勢第四十物莫能陷曰：「人有鬻矛與楯者，譽其楯之堅：『物莫能陷也。』俄而又譽其矛曰：『吾矛之利，物無不陷也。』
韓非子 · 難勢第四十以子之矛人應之曰：『以子之矛，陷子之楯，何如？』其人弗能應也。」
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論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose使民以時論語 · Connect a modifier to a head禮之用，和為貴論語 · Locate the unknown其斯之謂與論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose為政以德Edition, source, and reuse
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- 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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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3c0005_036.txt, lines 229–239. HF 36.04:03 [4]; jiaoshi 316; jishi 795; shiping 1356; jiaozhu 499; m421; Liao 2.142
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