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Condition 1: References "法非從天下也,非從地出也" Matched:1.
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上義

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7 上義:
老子曰:法生於義,義生於眾適,眾適合乎人心,此治之要也。法非從天下也,非從地出也,發乎人間,反己自正。誠達其本,不亂於末,知其要,不惑於疑,有諸已,不非於人,無諸己,不責於所立,立於下者,不廢於上,所禁於民者,不行於身,故人主之制法也,先以自為檢式,故禁勝於身,即令行於民。夫法者,天下之準繩也,人主之度量也,縣法者,法不法也,法定之後,中繩者賞,缺繩者誅,雖尊貴者不輕其賞,卑賤者不重其刑,犯法者,雖賢必誅,中度者,雖不肖無罪,是故公道行而和欲塞也。古之置有司也,所以禁民使不得恣也,其立君也,所以制有司使不得專行也,法度道術,所以禁君使無得撗斷也。人莫得恣,即道勝而理得矣,故反樸無為,無為者,非謂其不動也,言其從己出也。

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