Hanfeizi · 外儲說左上第三十二
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吳起為魏將而攻中山。
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吳起為魏將而攻中山。Read the relationship between clauses ↗「將軍於若子如是，Locate a relation ↗「將軍於若子如是，Build a conditional reading ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 4 吳 × 3 起 × 3 將 × 3 泣 × 3 是 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 徐无鬼第二十四吾是以泣，殆乎，非我與吾子之罪，幾天與之也！吾是以泣也。」
韓非子 · 說林第二十二為魏將而樂羊為魏將而攻中山，其子在中山。中山之君烹其子而遺之羹，樂羊坐於幕下而啜之，盡一杯。
韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十吳起為魏吳起為魏武侯西河之守。秦有小亭臨境，吳起欲攻之。不去則甚害田者，去之則不足以徵甲兵。於是乃倚
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_032.txt, lines 861–871. HF 32.26:01; jiaoshi 497; jishi 642; jiaozhu 386; shiping 1115
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