Hanfeizi · 忠孝第五十一
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堯、舜、湯、武或反君臣之義，
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此天下所以至今不治者也。Focus on what an action concerns ↗此天下所以至今不治者也。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 臣 × 6 君 × 5 其 × 5 者 × 4 之 × 3 也 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 天地第十二天下譽之夫人者，非其志不之，非其心不為。雖以天下譽之，得其所謂，謷然不顧；以天下非之，失其所謂，儻然不受。
論語 · 微子篇第十八君臣之義曰：「不仕無義。長幼之節，不可廢也；君臣之義，如之何其廢之？欲絜其身，而亂大倫。君子之仕也，行其義也。道之不行，已知之矣。」
荀子 · 天論篇第十七君臣之義用之辯、不急之察，棄而不治也。』若夫君臣之義、父子之親、夫婦之別，則日切瑳而不舍也。」
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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 24–33. HF 51.01:02; jiaoshi i18; jishi 1107; jiaozhu 697; shiping 1804; m576
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