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然而不王者，未之有也
There has not been someone who acts in this way and still fails to become a true king.
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七十者衣帛食肉，
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未之有也.
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韓非子 · 八說第四十七不飢不寒使人不衣不食而不飢不寒，又不惡死，則無事上之意。意欲不宰於君，則不可使也。今生殺之柄，在大臣，而主令得行者
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二未之有也兵弱於敵，國貧於內，而不亡者，未之有也。伐之不亦可乎？」主父曰：「善。」舉兵而伐中山，遂滅也。
論語 · 學而篇第一未之有也犯上者，鮮矣；不好犯上，而好作亂者，未之有也。
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論語 · Notice an object before its verb未之有也論語 · Notice a change in argument structure使民以時論語 · Name the one, thing, or situation未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也論語 · Notice an object before its verb其斯之謂與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 180–183. MENG 1A03:10; tr. D. C. Lau 1.5
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