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非所以內交於孺子之父母也，非所以要譽於鄉黨朋友也
It is not a means of forming ties with the child's parents, nor a way of seeking praise from neighbors and friends.
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所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，
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所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，Focus on what an action concerns ↗所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，Keep different negatives apart ↗所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗今人乍見孺子將入於井，Identify who undergoes the action ↗今人乍見孺子將入於井，Locate a relation ↗非所以內交於孺子之父母也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 所 × 3 以 × 3 人 × 3 之 × 3 於 × 3 非 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王制篇第九之父母也。君子者、天地之參也，萬物之總也，民之父母也。
荀子 · 正論篇第十八之父母也湯、武者，民之父母也；桀、紂者，民之怨賊也。今世俗之為說者，以桀、紂為君而以湯、武為弒，然則是誅民之父母
莊子 · 達生第十九之父母也天地者，萬物之父母也，合則成體，散則成始。形精不虧，是謂能移；精而又精，反以相天。
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論語 · Keep different negatives apart未之有也論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose使民以時論語 · Keep different negatives apart不患人之不己知論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose為政以德Edition, source, and reuse
- 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.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_003.txt, lines 612–617. MENG 2A06:02; tr. D. C. Lau 1.67
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