Hanfeizi · 人主第五十二
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其當途者不必賢，
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其當途者不必賢，Keep different negatives apart ↗人主之於人或有所賢而禮之，Locate a relation ↗人主之於人或有所賢而禮之，Focus on what an action concerns ↗人主之於人或有所賢而禮之，Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 賢 × 4 其 × 3 不 × 3 當 × 2 途 × 2 者 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 繕性第十六其言而不之所謂隱士者，非伏其身而弗見也，非閉其言而不出也，非藏其知而不發也，
論語 · 公冶長篇第五聽其言而；於予與何誅？」子曰：「始吾於人也，聽其言而信其行；今吾於人也，聽其言而觀其行。於予與改是。」
韓非子 · 孤憤第十一有所賢而人主之左右不必賢也，人主於人有所賢而禮之，因與左右論其行，是與不肖論賢也。
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Han Fei; authorship of individual chapters is not uniform or certain.
- 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_052.txt, lines 131–136. HF 52.02:06; jiaoshi 789; jishi 1119; jiaozhu 706; shiping 1i25; Liao 2.320; m 5i4
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