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先秦两汉 - Pre-Qin and Han

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韩非子 - Hanfeizi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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[Also known as: 《韩非》, 《韩子》]

外储说左上

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2 外储说左... :
二、人主之听言也,不以功用为的,则说者多棘刺白马之说;不以仪的为关,则射者皆如羿也。人主于说也,皆如燕王学道也;而长说者,皆如郑人争年也。是以言有纤察微难而非务也,故李、惠、宋、墨皆画策也;论有迂深闳大非用也,故畏震瞻车状皆鬼魅也;言而拂难坚确非功也,故务、卞、鲍、介、墨翟皆坚瓠也。且虞庆诎匠也而屋壤,范且穷工而弓折。是故求其诚者,非归饷也不可。

问辩

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或问曰:“辩安生乎?”对曰:“生于上之不明也。”问者曰:“上之不明因生辩也何哉?”对曰:“明主之国,令者、言最贵者也,法者、事最适者也。言无二贵,法不两适,故言行而不轨于法令者必禁。若其无法令而可以接诈应变生利揣事者,上必采其言而责其实,言当则有大利,不当则有重罪,是以愚者畏罪而不敢言,智者无以讼,此所以无辩之故也。乱世则不然,主有令而民以文学非之,官府有法民以私行矫之,人主顾渐其法令,而尊学者之智行,此世之所以多文学也。夫言行者,以功用为之的彀者也。夫砥砺杀矢而以妄发,其端未尝不中秋毫也,然而不可谓善射者,无常仪的也。设五寸之的,引十步之远,非羿、逢蒙不能必中者,有常也。故有常则羿、逢蒙以五寸的为巧,无常则以妄发之中秋毫为拙。今听言观行,不以功用为之的彀,言虽至察,行虽至坚,则妄发之说也。是以乱世之听言也,以难知为察,以博文为辩;其观行也,以离群为贤,以犯上为抗。人主者说辩察之言,尊贤抗之行,故夫作法术之人,立取舍之行,别辞争之论,而莫为之正。是以儒服带剑者众,而耕战之士寡;坚白无厚之词章,而宪令之法息。故曰:上不明,则辩生焉。”

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