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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Policies -> 5 - Parallel passages[More information]
明主不滥富贵其臣。所谓富者,非粟米珠玉也;所谓贵者,非爵位官职也,废法作私爵禄之富贵。凡人主德行非出人也,知非出人也,勇力非过人也。然民虽有圣知弗敢我谋,勇力弗敢我杀;虽众不敢胜其主;虽民至亿万之数,县重赏而民不敢争,行罚而民不敢怨者,法也。国乱者,民多私义;兵弱者,民多私勇,则削。国之所以取爵禄者多涂,亡国。人之欲贱爵轻禄,不作而食,不战而荣,无爵而尊,无禄而富,无官而长,此之谓奸民。