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五畝之宅，
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荀子 · 大略篇第二十七勿奪其時理民性。故家五畝宅、百畝田，務其業而勿奪其時，所以富之也。立太學，設庠序，脩六禮，明七教，所以道之也。《詩》曰：「飲之食之，教之
孟子 · 梁惠王上樹之以桑五畝之宅，樹之以桑，五十者可以衣帛矣。雞豚狗彘之畜，無失其時，七十者可以食肉矣。百畝之田，勿奪其時，數
孟子 · 盡心上八口之家百畝之田，匹夫耕之，八口之家足以無飢矣。所謂西伯善養老者，制其田里，教之樹畜，導其妻子使養其老。
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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 707–712. MENG 1A07:39; tr. D. C. Lau 1.13
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