Hanfeizi · 定法第四十三
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謂之衣食孰急於人，
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謂之衣食孰急於人，Locate the unknown ↗謂之衣食孰急於人，Locate a relation ↗則是不可一無也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 也 × 4 而 × 3 人 × 2 不 × 2 生 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 儒效篇第八人主之所大夫士也，眾人者、工農商賈也。禮者、人主之所以為群臣寸尺尋丈檢式也，人倫盡矣。
荀子 · 君道篇第十二人主之所曰：便嬖左右者，人主之所以窺遠收眾之門戶牖嚮也，不可不早具也。故人主必將有便嬖左右足信者然後可，其知慧足使規
韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十而公孫鞅尼說隕霜，而殷法刑棄灰，將行去樂池，而公孫鞅重輕罪。是以麗水之金不守，而積澤之火不救。成歡以太仁弱齊國，卜皮以慈惠亡魏王。管仲知
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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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- KR3c0005_043.txt, lines 27–37. HF 43.01:02; jiaoshi 76; jishi 906; jiaozhu 588; shiping 1500
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