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經始勿亟
Begin the undertaking without haste.
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26 Han characters · 18 distinct forms · 7 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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『經始靈臺，
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詩經 · 靈臺經始靈臺經始靈臺，經之營之。庶民攻之，不日成之。經始勿亟，庶民子來。
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論語 · Recognize a negative directive過則勿憚改論語 · Recognize a negative directive子曰：「無違。」孫子 · Recognize a negative directive無恃其不來，恃吾有以待也論語 · Recognize a negative directive己所不欲，勿施於人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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_001.txt, lines 68–74. MENG 1A02:03; tr. D. C. Lau 1.3
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