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雖有臺池鳥獸，豈能獨樂哉
Even with terraces, ponds, birds, and beasts, how could one enjoy them alone?
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『時日害喪，
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That such isolated enjoyment is not possible in that situation.
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論語 · Keep the concession and the main claim雖曰未學，吾必謂之學矣論語 · 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 97–102. MENG 1A02:06; tr. D. C. Lau 1.3
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