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何必曰利
Why must you speak of profit?
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39 Han characters · 29 distinct forms · 9 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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孟子見梁惠王。
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亦將有以利吾國乎？」Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗亦將有以利吾國乎？」Track speakers and addressees ↗亦將有以利吾國乎？」Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗何必曰利？Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 王 × 3 曰 × 3 孟 × 2 子 × 2 而 × 2 亦 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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The necessity of framing the discussion in terms of profit.
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Rhetorical comparisonA question can change the termsOne reply challenges a ruler’s use of 利; the other questions the distinction between knowing and not knowing.
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孟子 · 梁惠王上以利吾國王曰：『何以利吾國？』大夫曰：『何以利吾家？』士庶人曰：『何以利吾身？』上下交征利而國危矣。
孟子 · 梁惠王上子見梁惠孟子見梁惠王。王立於沼上，顧鴻鴈麋鹿，曰：「賢者亦樂此乎？」
孟子 · 告子下千里而來況魯國乎？夫苟好善，則四海之內皆將輕千里而來告之以善；夫苟不好善，則人將曰：𧦧𧦧，『予既已知之矣。』𧦧𧦧
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論語 · Locate the unknown其斯之謂與論語 · Locate the unknown不敬，何以別乎論語 · Locate the unknown曾是以為孝乎老子 · Locate the unknown吾不知誰之子Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 孟子 · Mencius
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Meng Ke (Mencius) and his followers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0001 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR1h0001_001.txt, lines 11–18.
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