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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> 答佞 -> 9 - Parallel passages[More information]
问曰:“人操行无恒,权时制宜,信者欺人,直者曲挠。权变所设,前后异操;事有所应,左右异语。儒书所载,权变非一。今以素故考之,毋乃失实乎?”曰:贤者有权,佞者有权。贤者之有权,后有应;佞人之有权,亦反经,后有恶。故贤人之权,为事为国;佞人之权,为身为家。观其所权,贤佞可论,察其发动,邪正可名。