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因此，成就王业的国君，把刑罚用在人民将要犯罪的时候，所以大的奸邪才不产生；把赏赐用在告发犯罪方面，所以小的罪过也不致漏网，治理人民能够使大的奸邪不产生，使小的罪过不漏网，国家就治理好了。
故王者刑用于将过，则大邪不生；赏施于告奸，则细过不失。治民能使大邪不生、细过不失，则国治。
Therefore, those who establish great achievements apply punishments before people actually commit crimes, hence serious evils will not happen. They apply rewards to reporting and exposing crimes, so minor offenses won’t slip through the net. When the people are governed in a way that prevents major evils from happening and minor offenses from slipping through the net, the country will be well-governed.