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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Calculation of Land -> 10.1 - Additional information
民之性,度而取长,称而取重,权而索利。明君慎观三者,则国治可立,而民能可得。国之所以求民者少,而民之所以避求者多。入使民属于农,出使民壹于战。故圣人之治也,多禁以止能,任力以穷诈,两者偏用则境内之民壹;民壹则农,农则朴,朴则安居而恶出。故圣人之为国也,民资藏于地,而偏托危于外。