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故為之立君上之埶以臨之，
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故為之立君上之埶以臨之，Follow an explicit inference ↗故為之立君上之埶以臨之，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗故為之立君上之埶以臨之，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗使天下皆出於治、合於善也。Notice a change in argument structure ↗使天下皆出於治、合於善也。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 以 × 4 治 × 2 於 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四罰以禁之勸之，使民以功賞而不以仁義賜；嚴刑重罰以禁之，使民以罪誅而不以愛惠免。是以無功者不望，而有罪者不幸矣。
韓非子 · 安危第二十五使天下皆使天下皆極智能於儀表，盡力於權衡，以動則勝，以靜則安。治世使人樂生於為是，愛身於為非，小人少
韓非子 · 六反第四十六刑罰以禁稅賦以均貧富，厚其爵祿以盡賢能，重其刑罰以禁姦邪，使民以力得富，以事致貴，以過受罪，以功致賞，而不念慈惠之賜，此帝王之政也。
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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_023.txt, lines 354–360. XUN 23.09.04; 23:3a, Knoblock 3:155
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