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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Calculation of Land -> 13

Nowadays, people spurn the ranks established by the state,
and laugh at the punishments set up by it.
This evil is caused by the law and method followed.
君子Therefore, the superior man, in handling his authority, unifies the government in order to fix his methods;
in establishing offices, he makes rank valuable, to correspond with them,
and he makes his appointments, taking people's exertions into account and according to their merit,
so that the balance between high and low is even.
When this is the case, ministers will be able to exert their strength to the uttermost and the ruler to exercise autocratic sway.


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