Analects · 為政篇第二
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先行其言而後從之
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15 Han characters · 13 distinct forms · 3 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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子貢問君子。
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Action before speech.
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韓非子 · 難一第三十六其言而後群臣曰：「城濮之事，舅犯謀也。夫用其言而後其身，可乎？」文公曰：「此非若所知也。夫舅犯言，一時之權也；雍季言，萬世之利也。」
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孟子 · Read the relationship between clauses苟為後義而先利孟子 · Read the relationship between clauses或百步而後止，或五十步而後止孟子 · Recover the object申之以孝悌之義老子 · Recover the object金玉盈堂，莫之能守Edition, source, and reuse
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- 論語 · Analects
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Confucius and his disciples; compiled across generations.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0004 · base edition CHANT
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR1h0004_002.txt, lines 119–121. LY 02.13; tr. CH
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