Hanfeizi · 詭使第四十五
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令之所以行，
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而巖居非世者顯。Keep different negatives apart ↗而綦組、錦繡、刻畫為末作者富。Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 者 × 4 所 × 3 以 × 3 也 × 2 而 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王制篇第九之所以立用萬乘之國者，威彊之所以立也，名聲之所以美也，敵人之所以屈也，國之所以安危臧否也，制與在此，亡乎人。王、霸、安
韓非子 · 備內第十七令之所以成大姦者，未嘗不從尊貴之臣也。然而法令之所以備，刑罰之所以誅，常於卑賤，是以其民絕望，無所告愬。
韓非子 · 詭使第四十五所以立者治者，刑罰也；今有私行義者尊。社稷之所以立者，安靜也；而譟險讒諛者任。四封之內所以聽從者，信與德也；而陂知傾覆者使。
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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_045.txt, lines 192–201. HF 45.05:02; jiaoshi 108; jishi 939; jiaozhu 615; shiping 1564;
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