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Legalism -> Guanzi -> Xing Shi Jie -> 38 - Parallel passages[More information]
明主之官物也,任其所长,不任其所短,故事无不成,而功无不立。乱主不知物之各有所长所短也,而责必备。夫虑事定物,辩明礼义,人之所长,而蝚猿之所短也,缘高出险,蝚猿之所长,而人之所短也,以蝚猿之所长责人,故其令废而责不塞,故曰:“坠岸三仞,人之所大难也,而蝚猿饮焉。”