Hanfeizi · 忠孝第五十一
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天下皆以孝悌忠順之道為是也，
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天下皆以孝悌忠順之道為是也，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗天下皆以孝悌忠順之道為是也，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗而莫知察孝悌忠順之道而審行之，Read the relationship between clauses ↗有曲於父。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 以 × 4 是 × 4 道 × 3 而 × 3 天 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 萬章上以堯舜之或去，或不去；歸絜其身而已矣。吾聞其以堯舜之道要湯，未聞以割烹也。《伊訓》曰：『天誅造攻自牧宮，朕載自亳。』」
老子 · 第六十六章是以天下聖人處上而民弗重也，處前而民弗害也，是以天下樂推而弗厭也。以其不爭，故天下莫能與之爭。
荀子 · 堯問篇第三十二是以天下貧，舍佚而為勞，顏色黎黑而不失其所，是以天下之紀不息、文章不廢也。」
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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_051.txt, lines 11–20.
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