Hanfeizi · 難二第三十七
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管仲之取舍非周公旦，
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管仲之取舍非周公旦，Keep different negatives apart ↗若使管仲大賢也，Build a conditional reading ↗今桓公以易居其上，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 湯 × 4 武 × 4 公 × 3 也 × 3 桀 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難二第三十七若使管仲若使管仲不肖人也，且為田常。田常，簡公之臣也，而弒其君。今桓公以易居其上，是以簡公之易，居田
韓非子 · 難二第三十七非周公旦已得管仲之後，奚遽易哉？管仲非周公旦。周公旦假為天子七年，成王壯，授之以政，非為天下計也，為其職也。
韓非子 · 難二第三十七非周公旦管仲非周公旦以明矣，然為湯、武與田常，未可知也。為湯、武有桀、紂之危；為田常有簡公之亂也。
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- 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_037.txt, lines 414–429. HF 37.11:04 [10 continued]; jiaoshi 338; jishi i30 cont; shiping 1399 cont; jiaozhu 526; m443; Liao 2.164
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