Hanfeizi · 難勢第四十
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桀、紂為高臺深池以盡民力，
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桀、紂為高臺深池以盡民力，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗桀、紂為高臺深池以盡民力，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗桀、紂得成肆行者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗未始行一而身在刑戮矣。Keep different negatives apart ↗未始行一而身在刑戮矣。Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 為 × 4 桀 × 3 紂 × 3 以 × 2 民 × 2 行 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難勢第四十之威為之材薄也。今桀、紂南面而王天下，以天子之威為之雲霧，而天下不免乎大亂者，桀、紂之材薄也。
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二以盡民力皇之臺，掘深池，罷苦百姓，煎靡財貨，以盡民力，余來為民誅之。」
韓非子 · 詭使第四十五以盡民力道，而優笑酒徒之屬乘車衣絲。賞祿，所以盡民力易下死也；今戰勝攻取之士勞而賞不霑，而卜筮、視手理、狐蠱為順辭於前者日賜。
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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_040.txt, lines 110–119. HF 40.03:04; jiaoshi 65; jishi 687; shiping 1475; jiaozhu 572; m476; Liao 2.200f
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