Laozi · Daodejing · 第十二章
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故去彼取此
Therefore discard that and take this.
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五色令人目盲，
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韓非子 · 解老第二十去彼取此其華」者，必緣理不徑絕也。所謂〓#「去彼取此」者，去貌徑絕，而取緣理好情實也。故曰：「去彼取此。」
韓非子 · 喻老第二十一難得之貨而子罕不欲玉。故曰：「欲不欲，而不貴難得之貨。」
韓非子 · 六反第四十六人之治也熟於論恩，詐而誣也，故明主不受也。聖人之治也，審於法禁，法禁明著，則官治；必於賞罰，賞罰不阿，則民用。
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論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading巧言令色，鮮矣仁論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading道之以政，齊之以刑論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading生，事之以禮；死，葬之以禮，祭之以禮Edition, source, and reuse
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- 老子 · Laozi · Daodejing
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- Traditionally attributed to Laozi; composition and textual history are debated.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0057 · base edition tls
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- KR5c0057_012.txt, lines 14–24. LAO 12.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 17; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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