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老而無妻曰鰥，
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韓非子 · 外儲說右下第三十五老而無妻行年七十而無妻。桓公問管仲曰：「有民老而無妻者乎？」管仲曰：「有鹿門稷者，行年七十矣而無妻。」桓公曰：「何以令之有妻？」
韓非子 · 外儲說右下第三十五老而無妻，則民臣必匱乏於下；宮中有怨女，則有老而無妻者。」桓公曰：「善。」令於宮中「女子未嘗御出嫁之」。
孟子 · 梁惠王上王發政施蓋亦反其本矣。「今王發政施仁，使天下仕者皆欲立於王之朝，耕者皆欲耕於王之野，商賈皆欲藏於王之市，行旅皆欲出於王
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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 377–384. MENG 1B05:03; tr. D. C. Lau 1.33ff
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