Hanfeizi · 定法第四十三
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以勇力之所加而治智能之官。
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以勇力之所加而治智能之官。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗以勇力之所加而治智能之官。Focus on what an action concerns ↗以勇力之所加而治智能之官。Read the relationship between clauses ↗是以斬首之功為醫、匠也。Follow an explicit inference ↗是以斬首之功為醫、匠也。Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 以 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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論語 · 八佾篇第三未盡善也矣，又盡善也。」謂《武》，「盡美矣，未盡善也。」
韓非子 · 和氏第十三之於法術今人主之於法術也，未必和璧之急也，而禁群臣士民之私邪。然則有道者之不僇也，特帝王之璞未獻耳。
韓非子 · 定法第四十三以斬首之夫匠者手巧也，而醫者齊藥也，而以斬首之功為之，則不當其能。今治官者，智能也；今斬首者，勇力之所加也。
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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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- KR3c0005_043.txt, lines 204–210. HF 43.03:05; jiaoshi i1; jishi 907; jiaozhu 592; shiping 1516
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