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Miscellaneous Schools -> Lü Shi Chun Qiu -> 贵直论 -> 直谏 -> 1 - Parallel passages[More information]
言极则怒,怒则说者危,非贤者孰肯犯危?而非贤者也,将以要利矣。要利之人,犯危何益?故不肖主无贤者。无贤则不闻极言,不闻极言则奸人比周、百邪悉起,若此则无以存矣。凡国之存也,主之安也,必有以也。不知所以,虽存必亡,虽安必危,所以不可不论也。