Analects · 子路篇第十三
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君子和而不同，小人同而不和
The exemplary person achieves harmony without mere conformity; the petty person conforms without harmony.
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「君子和而不同，
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「君子和而不同，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 子 × 2 和 × 2 而 × 2 不 × 2 同 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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Harmony and conformity, rather than treating them as synonyms.
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孟子 · Read the relationship between clauses苟為後義而先利孟子 · Keep different negatives apart未有仁而遺其親者也孟子 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading古之人與民偕樂，故能樂也孟子 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading鄰國之民不加少，寡人之民不加多Edition, source, and reuse
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- 論語 · Analects
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- Traditionally associated with Confucius and his disciples; compiled across generations.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0004 · base edition CHANT
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- KR1h0004_013.txt, lines 297–299. LY 13.23; tr. CH
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