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Condition 1: Contains text "其下者為檉柳樸樕種之則生不過為薪" Matched:1.
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種樹喻

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韓非子為政於韓且十年,韓貴人死於法者無完家,於是韓多曠官。王謂公叔曰:「寡人欲用人,而韓之群臣舉無足官者,若之何哉?」公叔對曰:「王知夫種樹乎?臣家國東郊,世業種樹,樹之材者,松、枏、栝、柏可以為棟樑,種之必三、五十年而後成。其下者為檉、柳、樸、樕,種之則生,不過為薪。故以日計之,則棟樑之利緩而薪之利速;以歲計之,則薪之利一而棟樑之利百。臣俱種之,世享其利,是以富甲於韓國。臣鄰之窶叟,急慕而思效之,植松、栝不能三年,不待其成而輒伐之,以為常,僅足其朝夕食,無餘也。今君之用人也,不待其老成,至於不克負荷而輒以法戕之,棟樑之材竭矣。一朝而屋壞,臣恐束薪不足以支之也。」

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