Analects · 里仁篇第四

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里仁篇第四 · 1635 characters
:「!。」:「。」,:「?」:「,。」

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35 Han characters · 25 distinct forms · 11 units separated by the witness’s punctuation

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孟子 · 盡心下門人問曰

孟子曰:「死矣盆成括!」盆成括見殺,門人問曰:「夫子何以知其將見殺?」曰:「其為人也小有才,未聞君子之大道也,則足以殺其軀而已矣

孟子 · 離婁下夫子之道

公之他,尹公之他學射於夫子。我不忍以夫子之道反害夫子。雖然,今日之事,君事也,我不敢廢。』抽矢,叩輪,去其金,發乘矢而後反。」

莊子 · 應帝王第七夫子之道

之而心醉,歸,以告壺子,曰:「始吾以夫子之道為至矣,則又有至焉者矣。」壺子曰:「吾與汝既其文,未既其實,而固得道與?眾雌而无雄,

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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.
Source position
KR1h0004_004.txt, lines 125–135. LY 04.15; tr. CH
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