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故君人者、立隆政本朝而當，
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故君人者、立隆政本朝而當，Follow an explicit inference ↗故君人者、立隆政本朝而當，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗故君人者、立隆政本朝而當，Read the relationship between clauses ↗所使要百事者誠仁人也，Focus on what an action concerns ↗所使要百事者誠仁人也，Notice a change in argument structure ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 3 人 × 2 者 × 2 可 × 2 以 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 守道第二十六故君人者人主忠計，為天下結德者，利莫長於此。故君人者無亡國之圖，而忠臣無失身之畫。明於尊位必賞，故能使人盡力於權衡，死節於官職。
韓非子 · 人主第五十二故君人者故君人者非能退大臣之議，而背左右之訟，獨合乎道言也，則法術之士安能蒙死亡之危而進說乎？此世之
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一立隆政本立隆政本朝而不當，所使要百事者非仁人也，則身勞而國亂，功廢而名辱，社稷必危；是人君者之樞機也
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_011.txt, lines 814–820. XUN 11:9b:1, Beida p.180; Knoblock 2:163f
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