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所以，奸臣所努力争取的，就是法度不要修明，君主不要觉悟，而自己可以为所欲为。
是故邪之所务事者，使法无明，主无悟，而己得所欲也。
Therefore, the treacherous minister's efforts are to keep the laws from being improved, the monarch from awakening, and himself to do whatever he wants.