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于是他们忘记君主，拼命结交，而进用同党；所以交人多同党也多，朝廷内外都成朋党，虽有大的奸恶，也是多半能把君主蒙蔽过去的。
比周以相为慝，是忘主私佼，以进其誉。故交众者誉多，外内朋党，虽有大奸，其蔽主多矣。
So they forget the monarch, desperately make connections, and promote their partisans; so the more people they make connections with, the more partisans they have, and both inside and outside the court are partisans, even if there are great evils, they can mostly deceive the monarch.