Hanfeizi · 說疑第四十四
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子噲之苦身以憂民如此其甚也，
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子噲之苦身以憂民如此其甚也，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗子噲之苦身以憂民如此其甚也，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗雖古之所謂聖王明君者，Keep the concession and the main claim ↗雖古之所謂聖王明君者，Focus on what an action concerns ↗雖古之所謂聖王明君者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 子 × 3 身 × 3 此 × 3 其 × 3 也 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 滕文公上憂民如此之，使自得之，又從而振德之。』聖人之憂民如此，而暇耕乎？
孟子 · 盡心下此其甚也去聖人之世若此其未遠也，近聖人之居若此其甚也，然而無有乎爾，則亦無有乎爾。」
荀子 · 非相篇第五身死國亡下之傑也，筋力越勁，百人之敵也。然而身死國亡，為天下大僇，後世言惡則必稽焉。是非容貌之患也，聞見之不眾，論議之卑爾。
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_044.txt, lines 541–550. HF 44.10:04; jiaoshi 245; jishi 931; shiping 1546; jiaozhu 607; m498; Liao 2.226
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