Hanfeizi · 說疑第四十四
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「以今時之所聞，
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孟子 · 梁惠王上弒其君者萬乘之國，弒其君者，必千乘之家；千乘之國，弒其君者，必百乘之家。萬取千焉，千取百焉，不為不多矣。苟為後
孟子 · 滕文公下弒其君者無缺。』「世衰道微，邪說暴行有作，臣弒其君者有之，子弒其父者有之。
孟子 · 梁惠王上其君者也未有仁而遺其親者也，未有義而後其君者也。王亦曰仁義而已矣，何必曰利？」
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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_044.txt, lines 438–447. HF 44.09:09; jiaoshi 240; jishi 925; jiaozhu 603f; shiping 1538
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