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「今有人日攘其鄰之雞者，
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「今有人日攘其鄰之雞者，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗「今有人日攘其鄰之雞者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗『是非君子之道。』Keep different negatives apart ↗以待來年然後已。』Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗何待來年？」Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 曰 × 3 子 × 2 攘 × 2 其 × 2 雞 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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老子 · 第三十一章非君子之左，用兵則貴右。故兵者、不祥之器也，非君子之器也，不得已而用之，恬澹為上，勝而不美，而美之者，是樂殺人也。夫樂殺人者，則不可以得
論語 · 公冶長篇第五君子之道子謂子產，「有君子之道四焉：其行己也恭，其事上也敬，其養民也惠，其使民也義。」
論語 · 子張篇第十九君子之道子夏聞之，曰：「噫！言游過矣！君子之道，孰先傳焉？孰後倦焉？譬諸草木，區以別矣。君子之道，焉可誣也？有始有卒者，其唯聖人乎
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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.
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- KR1h0001_006.txt, lines 509–520. MENG 3B08:02; tr. D. C. Lau 1.127
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