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「無以異也。」
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荀子 · 榮辱篇第四無以異也慮材性，固有以賢人矣。」夫不知其與己無以異也，則君子注錯之當，而小人注錯之過也。故孰察小人之知能，足以知其有餘可以為君子之所為也
荀子 · 正論篇第十八無以異也離；朝不易位，國不更制，天下厭然與鄉無以異也；以堯繼堯，夫又何變之有矣？聖不在後子而在三公，則天下如歸，猶復而振之矣，
荀子 · 正論篇第十八無以異也天下厭然與鄉無以異也，以堯繼堯，夫又何變之有矣？唯其徙朝改制為難。故天子生則天下一隆致順而治，論德而定次
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- 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 209–213. MENG 1A04:02; tr. D. C. Lau 1. 9
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