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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Cultivation of the Right Standard -> 4 - Additional information
夫废法度而好私议,则奸臣鬻权以约禄,秩官之吏隐下而渔民。谚曰:“蠹众而木折,隙大而墙坏。”故大臣争于私而不顾其民,则下离上;下离上者,国之隙也。秩官之吏隐下以渔百姓,此民之蠹也。故国有隙蠹而不亡者,天下鲜矣。是故明主任法去私,而国无隙蠹矣。