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「昔桀殺關龍逢而紂殺王子比干，Read the relationship between clauses ↗今君雖殺臣之身以三之可也。Keep the concession and the main claim ↗今君雖殺臣之身以三之可也。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 殺 × 3 臣 × 2 之 × 2 身 × 2 也 × 2 為 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 人間世第四桀殺關龍且昔者桀殺關龍逢，紂殺王子比干，是皆脩其身以傴拊人之民，以下拂其上者也，故其君因其脩以擠之。是好名
孟子 · 公孫丑上王子比干流風善政，猶有存者；又有微子、微仲、王子比干、箕子、膠鬲，皆賢人也，相與輔相之，故久而後失之也。
孟子 · 告子上王子比干以紂為兄之子，且以為君，而有微子啟、王子比干。』今曰『性善』，然則彼皆非歟？」
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Han Fei; authorship of individual chapters is not uniform or certain.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3c0005 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_010.txt, lines 1002–1008. HF 10.08:04; jiaoshi 676; jishi 192; jiaozhu 94; shiping 398
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