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今也小國師大國而恥受命焉，
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今也小國師大國而恥受命焉，Read the relationship between clauses ↗今也小國師大國而恥受命焉，Resolve “there”, “in this”, or a final particle ↗是猶弟子而恥受命於先師也。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 國 × 4 師 × 4 恥 × 3 也 × 2 小 × 2 大 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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老子 · 第三十一章於天下矣是樂殺人也。夫樂殺人者，則不可以得志於天下矣。
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六於天下矣後誅之，若是，則兵不復出於塞外而令行於天下矣；若是，則雖為之築明堂（於塞外）而朝諸侯，殆可矣。假今之世，益地不如益信之務也。
孟子 · 離婁上必為政於焉往？諸侯有行文王之政者，七年之內，必為政於天下矣。」
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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_007.txt, lines 244–252. MENG 4A07:03; tr. D. C. Lau 1.143
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