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昔者趙簡子使王良與嬖奚乘，
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昔者趙簡子使王良與嬖奚乘，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗昔者趙簡子使王良與嬖奚乘，Notice a change in argument structure ↗終日而不獲一禽。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 良 × 3 而 × 3 王 × 2 嬖 × 2 奚 × 2 獲 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 達生第十九終日而不人之所見者也。」於是正衣冠與之坐，不終日而不知病之去也。
孟子 · 滕文公下嬖奚反命嬖奚反命曰：『天下之良工也。』簡子曰：『我使掌與女乘。』謂王良。良不可，曰：「吾為之範我馳驅
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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_006.txt, lines 51–60. MENG 3B01:05; tr. D. C. Lau 1.115
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