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Legalism -> Hanfeizi -> 八说 -> 4 - Parallel passages[More information]
搢笏干戚,不适有方铁銛;登降周旋,不逮日中奏百;狸首射侯,不当强弩趋发;干城距冲,不若堙穴伏櫜。古人亟于德,中世逐于智,当今争于力。古者寡事而备简,朴陋而不尽,故有珧铫而推车者。古者人寡而相亲,物多而轻利易让,故有揖让而传天下者。然则行揖让,高慈惠,而道仁厚,皆推政也。处多事之时,用寡事之器,非智者之备也;当大争之世而循揖让之轨,非圣人之治也。故智者不乘推车,圣人不行推政也。