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今也南蠻鴃舌之人，
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亦異於曾子矣。Locate a relation ↗吾聞出於幽谷遷于喬木者，Track speakers and addressees ↗吾聞出於幽谷遷于喬木者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 子 × 3 而 × 2 於 × 2 聞 × 2 幽 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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詩經 · 伐木遷于喬木伐木丁丁！鳥鳴嚶嚶。出自幽谷，遷于喬木。嚶其鳴矣，求其友聲。相彼鳥矣，猶求友聲；矧伊人矣，不求友生？神之聽之，終和且平。
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二先王之道墨子之說，傳先王之道，論聖人之言以宣告人。若辯其辭，則恐人懷其文忘其直，以文害用也。此與楚人鬻珠，秦伯嫁
韓非子 · 五蠹第四十九先王之道是故亂國之俗，其學者則稱先王之道以籍介義，盛容服而飾辯說，以疑當世之法，而貳人主之心。其言談者，為設詐稱，借於外力，
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_005.txt, lines 609–615. MENG 3A04:24 tr. D. C. Lau 1.109
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