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齊人伐燕，
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「或謂寡人勿取，Recognize a negative directive ↗以萬乘之國伐萬乘之國，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗人力不至於此。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 人 × 4 取 × 4 伐 × 2 或 × 2 謂 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難一第三十六以萬乘之國之患，不辭卑辱，故謂之仁義。今桓公以萬乘之勢，下匹夫之士，將欲憂齊國，而小臣不行，見小臣之忘民也。
韓非子 · 五蠹第四十九萬乘之國則其利少，攻其國則其傷大，萬乘之國莫敢自頓於堅城之下，而使強敵裁其弊也，此必不亡之術也。舍必不亡之術而道必滅之事，治國
荀子 · 仲尼篇第七萬乘之國求善處大重，（理）任大事，擅寵於萬乘之國，必無後患之術：莫若好同之，援賢博施，除怨而無妨害人。（
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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.
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- KR1h0001_002.txt, lines 586–594. MENG 1B10:01; tr. D. C. Lau 1.41
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