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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Calculation of Land -> 7 - Parallel passages[More information]
故圣人之为国也,入令民以属农,出令民以计战。夫农民之所苦;而战,民之所危也。犯其所苦,行其所危者,计也。故民生则计利,死则虑名。名利之所出,不可不审也。利出于地,则民尽力;名出于战,则民致死。入使民尽力,则草不荒;出使民致死,则胜敌。胜敌而草不荒,富强之功,可坐而致也。