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人主不能論此三材者，
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人主不能論此三材者，Keep different negatives apart ↗人主不能論此三材者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗安值將卑埶出勞，Locate the unknown ↗未有如此而不亂者也。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 6 而 × 5 此 × 4 之 × 3 乎 × 3 可 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 愛臣第四人主不能故曰：人主不能用其富，則終於外也。此君人者之所識也。
韓非子 · 孤憤第十一人主不能重人不能忠主而進其仇，人主不能越四助而燭察其臣，故人主愈弊而大臣愈重。
韓非子 · 南面第十八人主不能今所與備人者，且曩之所備也。人主不能明法而以制大臣之威，無道得小人之信矣。
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_012.txt, lines 924–936. XUN 12:11:4, Beida p.209; Knoblock 2:191
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