Laozi · Daodejing · 第六十三章
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圖難於其易也，為大於其細也
Plan for difficulty while it is still easy; address what is great while it is still small.
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大小多少，
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圖難於其易也，Locate a relation ↗是以聖人終不為大。Follow an explicit inference ↗是以聖人終不為大。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 大 × 5 為 × 4 事 × 4 於 × 4 無 × 3 其 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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Explicit textual citationA quotation that is close but not identicalThe Hanfeizi passage presents a cited maxim corresponding to Laozi 63. Its extra 之 after 天下 is visible in these witnesses. A useful textual connection records both the matching structure and the variation instead of silently producing one normalized quotation.
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韓非子 · 喻老第二十一難事必作行久之物，族必起於少。故曰：「天下之難事必作於易，天下之大事必作於細。」
韓非子 · 喻老第二十一難於其易是以欲制物者於其細也。故曰：「圖難於其易也，為大於其細也。」
荀子 · 富國篇第十大小多少餘，謂之稱數。故自天子通於庶人，事無大小多少，由是推之。
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論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading巧言令色，鮮矣仁論語 · Locate a relation夫子至於是邦也論語 · Track whose, which, and whose perspective父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Locate a relation信近於義Edition, source, and reuse
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- 老子 · Laozi · Daodejing
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- Traditionally attributed to Laozi; composition and textual history are debated.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0057 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0057_063.txt, lines 14–27. LAO 63.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 93; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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