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lìng ㄌㄧㄥˋ (1.1): 命令，法令。 Order, decree Show full entry 《论语·尧曰》: 慢令致期谓之贼。 Show complete text To issue orders as if without urgency, at first, and, when the time comes, to insist on them with severity - this is called injury. 《道德经》: 法令滋彰，盗贼多有。 Show complete text The more display there is of legislation, the more thieves and robbers there are. 《韩非子·主道》: 是故人主有五壅：臣闭其主曰壅，臣制财利曰壅，臣擅行令曰壅，臣得行义曰壅，臣得树人曰壅。 Show complete text

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