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今夫天下之人牧，
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未有不嗜殺人者也。Keep different negatives apart ↗未有不嗜殺人者也。Keep different negatives apart ↗未有不嗜殺人者也。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗則天下之民皆引領而望之矣。Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則天下之民皆引領而望之矣。Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3 人 × 3 天 × 2 下 × 2 有 × 2 不 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 至樂第十八夫天下之夫天下之所尊者，富貴壽善也；所樂者，身安厚味美服好色音聲也；所下者，貧賤夭惡也；所苦者，身不
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一天下之人之德則必滅，名聲若日月，功績如天地，天下之人應之如影響，是又人情之所同欲也。而王者兼而有是者也。
荀子 · 大略篇第二十七天下之人天下之人，唯各特意哉，然而有所共予也。言味者予易牙，言音者予師曠，言治者予三王。三王既已定法
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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
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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 330–333. MENG 1A06:04; tr. D. C. Lau 1.11
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