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多積財而羞無有，
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韓非子 · 問辯第四十一之所以多人主顧漸其法令而尊學者之智行，此世之所以多文學也。夫言行者，以功用為之的彀者也。夫砥礪殺矢而以妄發，其端未嘗不中秋毫也，然而不
莊子 · 至樂第十八多積財而夫富者，苦身疾作，多積財而不得盡用，其為形也亦外矣。夫貴者，夜以繼日，思慮善否，其為形也亦䟽矣。人之生也，與憂
韓非子 · 備內第十七刑罰之所嘗不從尊貴之臣也。然而法令之所以備，刑罰之所以誅，常於卑賤，是以其民絕望，無所告愬。
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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_027.txt, lines 764–767. XUN 27:65, Beida 457, Knoblock 3:223
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- Teaching
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