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不行王政云爾；
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韓非子 · 有度第六四海之內罰。先王之所守要，故法省而不侵。獨制四海之內，聰智不得用其詐，險躁不得關其佞，姦邪無所依。
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四四海之內故身在深宮之中而明照四海之內，而天下弗能蔽弗能欺者，何也？闇亂之道廢而聰明之勢興也。
韓非子 · 六反第四十六四海之內故桀貴在天子而不足於尊，富有四海之內而不足於寶。君人者雖足民，不能足使為天子，而桀未必以為天子為足也，則雖足民，何可以為
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- Work
- 孟子 · Mencius
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Meng Ke (Mencius) and his followers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0001 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_006.txt, lines 406–412. MENG 3B05:11; tr. D. C. Lau 1.123; mod CH
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