《庄子·外篇·田子方》
文士武士们的私党散掉，则上同于君主；官长不建立个人功德，则能同以国事为务；标准不一的量器不入境，则诸侯们也就没有二心了。
列士坏植散群，则尚同也；长官者不成德，则同务也，斔斛不敢入于四竟，则诸侯无二心也。
Once the factions of civil and military intellectuals were dissolved, they would identify themselves with the monarch; when the officials did not establish their own merits, they could attend to state affairs as one; when the differing measuring devices did not come into the country, the feudal lords would no longer have ulterior motives.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 列士坏植散群，则尚同也；长官者不成德，则同务也，斔斛不敢入于四竟，则诸侯无二心也。 [/INST] Once the factions of civil and military intellectuals were dissolved, they would identify themselves with the monarch; when the officials did not establish their own merits, they could attend to state affairs as one; when the differing measuring devices did not come into the country, the feudal lords would no longer have ulterior motives.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 列士坏植散群，则尚同也；长官者不成德，则同务也，斔斛不敢入于四竟，则诸侯无二心也。
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Once the factions of civil and military intellectuals were dissolved, they would identify themselves with the monarch; when the officials did not establish their own merits, they could attend to state affairs as one; when the differing measuring devices did not come into the country, the feudal lords would no longer have ulterior motives.
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