Hanfeizi · 難一第三十六
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桓公不能領臣主之理，
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桓公不能領臣主之理，Keep different negatives apart ↗是桓公以輕上侮君之俗教於齊國也，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗是桓公以輕上侮君之俗教於齊國也，Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 桓 × 3 公 × 3 之 × 3 不 × 2 以 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三不知仁義義法正為固無可知可能之理邪？然則唯禹不知仁義法正、不能仁義法正也。將使塗之人固無可以知仁義法正之質，而固無可以能仁義法正之具邪？
韓非子 · 外儲說左下第三十三臣主之理經三：〓#失臣主之理，則文王自履而矜。不易朝燕之處，則季孫終身莊而遇賊。
韓非子 · 難一第三十六公不知仁或曰：桓公不知仁義。夫仁義者，憂天下之害，趨一國之患，不避卑辱，謂之仁義。故伊尹以中國為亂道，為宰干
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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_036.txt, lines 669–674. HF 36.12:05 [12]; jiaoshi 325; jishi 809; shiping 1372; jiaozhu 507; m430; Liao 2.151
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