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「今王鼓樂於此，
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「今王鼓樂於此，Locate a relation ↗舉欣欣然有喜色而相告曰：Read the relationship between clauses ↗『吾王庶幾無疾病與，Track speakers and addressees ↗何以能鼓樂也？』Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 王 × 3 鼓 × 3 樂 × 2 之 × 2 欣 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 逍遙遊第一鍾鼓之聲」瞽者無以與乎文章之觀，聾者無以與乎鍾鼓之聲。豈唯形骸有聾瞽哉？夫知亦有之。是其言也，猶時女也。之人也，之德也，將旁礴萬物以為一
孟子 · 梁惠王下今王鼓樂臣請為王言樂。今王鼓樂於此，百姓聞王鍾鼓之聲、管籥之音，舉疾首蹙頞而相告曰：『吾王之好鼓樂，夫何使我至於此
孟子 · 梁惠王下舉欣欣然於此，百姓聞王車馬之音，見羽旄之美，舉欣欣然有喜色而相告曰：『吾王庶幾無疾病與，何以能田獵也？』
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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_002.txt, lines 92–97. MENG 1B01:09 tr. D. C. Lau 1. 25
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