{"id":"xunzi-018-0017","work":"xunzi","chapter":"xunzi-018","chapterTitle":"正論篇第十八","chapterNumber":18,"ordinal":17,"text":"曰：國、小具也，可以小人有也，可以小道得也，可以小力持也；天下者、大具也，不可以小人有也，不可以小道得也，不可以小力持也。國者、小人可以有之，然而未必不亡也；天下者、至大也，非聖人莫之能有也。","source":{"repository":"https://github.com/kanripo/KR3a0002","commit":"e18a27621ef434940a368defd29e00eee205dfd2","file":"KR3a0002_018.txt","lineStart":249,"lineEnd":262,"fileSha256":"9b2a1b02c95b40091b6c57a890df4267fcfb979465201572cf80ad6633b09e54","edition":"tls","sourceLabels":["XUN 18:2:13, Beida p.285; Knoblock 3:36"],"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/kanripo/KR3a0002/blob/e18a27621ef434940a368defd29e00eee205dfd2/KR3a0002_018.txt#L249-L262","rawUrl":"/data/classical-0.12.0/sources/KR3a0002/KR3a0002_018.txt","author":"Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.","contributor":"Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},"route":"/classical/passage/xunzi-018-0017/","notes":[],"previous":"xunzi-018-0016","next":"xunzi-018-0018","nearby":[{"id":"xunzi-018-0014","ordinal":14,"text":"桀、紂者，其知慮至險也，其至意至闇也，其行（之）為至亂也；親者䟽之，賢者賤之，生民怨之，禹、湯之後也，而不得一人之與；刳比干，囚箕子，身死國亡，為天下之大僇，後世之言惡者必稽焉；是不容妻子之數也。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0015","ordinal":15,"text":"故至賢疇四海，湯、武是也；至罷不容妻子，桀、紂是也。今世俗之為說者，以桀、紂為有天下而臣湯、武，豈不過甚矣哉！譬之是猶傴巫、跛匡大自以為有知也。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0016","ordinal":16,"text":"故可以有奪國，不可以有奪（人）天下；可以有竊國，不可以有竊天下也。（可以）奪之者可以有國，而不可以有天下；竊可以得國，而不可以得天下。是何也？","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0017","ordinal":17,"text":"曰：國、小具也，可以小人有也，可以小道得也，可以小力持也；天下者、大具也，不可以小人有也，不可以小道得也，不可以小力持也。國者、小人可以有之，然而未必不亡也；天下者、至大也，非聖人莫之能有也。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0018","ordinal":18,"text":"世俗之為說者曰：「治古無肉刑，而有象刑：墨黥；劓慅嬰；共、艾畢；菲、䋽屨；殺、赭衣而不純。治古如是。」","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0019","ordinal":19,"text":"是不然。以為治邪？則人固莫觸罪，非獨不用肉刑，亦不用象刑矣。以為人或觸罪矣，而直輕其刑，然則是殺人者不死、傷人者不刑也。罪至重而刑至輕，庸人不知惡矣，亂莫大焉。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0020","ordinal":20,"text":"凡刑人之本，禁暴惡惡，且徵其未也。殺人者不死，而傷人者不刑，是謂惠暴而寬賊也，非惡惡也。故象刑殆非生於治古，並起於亂今也。治古不然。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0021","ordinal":21,"text":"凡爵列、官職、賞慶、刑罰，皆報也，以類相從者也。一物失稱，亂之端也。夫德不稱位，能不稱官，賞不當功，罰不當罪，不祥莫大焉。","annotated":false},{"id":"xunzi-018-0022","ordinal":22,"text":"昔者，武王伐有商，誅紂，斷其首，縣之赤旆。夫征暴誅悍，治之盛也；殺人者死，傷人者刑，是百王之所同也；未有知其所由來者也。","annotated":false}],"related":[],"knowledge":[],"connections":[],"phraseConnections":[{"phrase":"可以有之","id":"zhuangzi-029-0069","route":"/classical/passage/zhuangzi-029-0069/","workTitle":"莊子","chapterTitle":"盜跖第二十九","text":"此皆就其利，辭其害，而天下稱賢焉，則可以有之，彼非以興名譽也。」","cross":true,"frequency":2},{"phrase":"聖人莫之","id":"shijing-019-0072","route":"/classical/passage/shijing-019-0072/","workTitle":"詩經","chapterTitle":"巧言","text":"奕奕寢廟，君子作之。秩秩大猷，聖人莫之。他人有心，予忖度之。躍躍毚兔，遇犬獲之！","cross":true,"frequency":4},{"phrase":"然而未必","id":"xunzi-004-0026","route":"/classical/passage/xunzi-004-0026/","workTitle":"荀子","chapterTitle":"榮辱篇第四","text":"仁義德行，常安之術也，然而未必不危也；汙僈、突盜，常危之術也，然而未必不安也。故君子道其常，而小人道其怪也。","cross":false,"frequency":2}],"studyRecord":{"route":"/classical/passage/xunzi-018-0017/","text":"曰：國、小具也，可以小人有也，可以小道得也，可以小力持也；天下者、大具也，不可以小人有也，不可以小道得也，不可以小力持也。國者、小人可以有之，然而未必不亡也；天下者、至大也，非聖人莫之能有也。","kind":"passage","script":"Hant","definitions":["Unannotated source passage. 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