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「三代之得天下也以仁，
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「三代之得天下也以仁，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗其失天下也以不仁。Keep different negatives apart ↗國之所以廢興存亡者亦然。Focus on what an action concerns ↗國之所以廢興存亡者亦然。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 以 × 3 之 × 2 天 × 2 下 × 2 也 × 2 仁 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 議兵篇第十五得天下也行之道也，功名之揔也。王公由之，所以得天下也；不由之，所以隕社稷也。故堅甲利兵不足以為武，高城深池不足以為固，嚴令繁刑不足以為威
韓非子 · 外儲說右下第三十五失天下也必不受也，則是堯有讓許由之名，而實不失天下也。今王以國讓子之，子之必不受也，則是王有讓子之之名，而與堯同行也。」
韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四國之所以以知之？夫嚴刑重罰者，民之所惡也，而國之所以治也；哀憐百姓輕刑罰者，民之所喜，而國之所以危也。
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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_007.txt, lines 157–160. MENG 4A03:01; tr. D. C. Lau 1.141
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