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孟子去齊。
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「不識王之不可以為湯武，Keep different negatives apart ↗「不識王之不可以為湯武，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗「不識王之不可以為湯武，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 4 識 × 2 可 × 2 則 × 2 是 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四之不可以故左右知貞信之不可以得安利也，必曰：「我以忠信事上，積功勞而求安，是猶盲而欲知黑白之情，必不幾矣；
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四之不可以其百官之吏亦知方正之不可以得安也，必曰：「我以清廉事上而求安，若無規矩而欲為方圓也，必不幾矣。
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四之不可以是以左右近習之臣，知偽詐之不可以得安也，必曰：「我不去姦私之行，盡力竭智以事主，而乃以相與比周妄毀譽以求安，是猶負千
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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_004.txt, lines 614–620. MENG 2B12:01; tr. D. C. Lau 1.89
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8decdf43d5a82b779f7950a7782b9a5e09659564- Reuse
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Source-file SHA-256: ec32ee486a6971462ae44542f0fdc2b0225d8054e0929cc8c68573d38306dc65. A source comment that cites a translator is an upstream reference, not the attribution of a translation imported here.