Zhuangzi · 天地第十二
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以道觀言而天下之君正，
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韓非子 · 忠孝第五十一君臣之義堯、舜、湯、武或反君臣之義，亂後世之教者也。堯為人君而君其臣，舜為人臣有臣其君，湯、武為人臣而弒其主，刑其尸，
論語 · 微子篇第十八君臣之義曰：「不仕無義。長幼之節，不可廢也；君臣之義，如之何其廢之？欲絜其身，而亂大倫。君子之仕也，行其義也。道之不行，已知之矣。」
孟子 · 離婁上天下之君今天下之君有好仁者，則諸侯皆為之敺矣。雖欲無王，不可得已。今之欲王者，猶七年之病求三年之艾也。
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- Work
- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0126_012.txt, lines 36–43. ZHUANG 12.1.3 Guo Qingfan 404; Wang Shumin 413; Fang Yong 303; Chen Guying 295
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