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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Discussion about the People -> 9 - Parallel passages[More information]
民之所欲万,而利之所出一。民非一则无以致欲,故作一。作一则力抟,力抟则强;强而用,重强。故能生力,能杀力,曰:“攻敌之国”,必疆。塞私道以穷其志,启一门以致其欲,使民必先其所恶,然后致其所欲,故力多。力多而不用则志穷,志穷则有私,有私则有弱。故能生力,不能杀力,曰:“自攻之国”,必削。故曰王者国不蓄力,家不积粟。国不蓄力,下用也;家不积粟,上藏也。