Hanfeizi · 八經第四十八
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參言明主，
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是以喜見則德償，Follow an explicit inference ↗故明主之言隔塞而不通，Follow an explicit inference ↗故明主之言隔塞而不通，Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 見 × 3 言 × 2 明 × 2 主 × 2 周 × 2 密 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 二柄第七故明主之故明主之畜臣，臣不得越官而有功，不得陳言而不當。越官則死，不當則罪，守業其官，所言者貞也，則
韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四故明主之知之，故與二欒博。此皆知同異之反也。故明主之牧臣也，說在畜烏。
韓非子 · 六反第四十六故明主之必知，則大盜不取懸金於市。故明主之治國也，眾其守而重其罪，使民以法禁而不以廉止。母之愛子也倍父，父令之行於子者十母；吏
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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_048.txt, lines 373–381. HF 48.05:01; jiaoshi 170; jishi 1026; jiaozhu 652; shiping 1671
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