Hanfeizi · 難二第三十七
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趙簡子圍衛之郛郭，
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立於矢石之所不及，Locate a relation ↗立於矢石之所不及，Focus on what an action concerns ↗立於矢石之所不及，Keep different negatives apart ↗吾之士數弊也。」Track speakers and addressees ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 不 × 3 士 × 3 簡 × 2 子 × 2 犀 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 儒效篇第八之所不及，其言行已有大法矣，然而明不能齊法教之所不及，
荀子 · 王制篇第九之所不及，則法之所不至者必廢；職而不通，則職之所不及者必隊；
韓非子 · 難二第三十七矢石之所能耳，士無弊也。」簡子乃去楯、櫓，立矢石之所及，鼓之而士乘之，戰大勝。簡子曰：「與吾得革車千乘，不如聞行人燭過之一言也。」
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Han Fei; authorship of individual chapters is not uniform or certain.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3c0005 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_037.txt, lines 601–611. HF 37.14:01 [13]; jiaoshi 343; jishi i39; jiaozhu 531; shiping 1410
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