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『仁不可為眾也。
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『仁不可為眾也。Keep different negatives apart ↗今也欲無敵於天下而不以仁，Locate a relation ↗今也欲無敵於天下而不以仁，Read the relationship between clauses ↗今也欲無敵於天下而不以仁，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗『誰能執熱，Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 4 仁 × 3 也 × 3 以 × 3 天 × 2 下 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四而不以仁善為主者，明賞設利以勸之，使民以功賞而不以仁義賜；嚴刑重罰以禁之，使民以罪誅而不以愛惠免。是以無功者不望，而有罪者不幸矣。
詩經 · 桑柔誰能執熱為毖，亂況斯削。告爾憂恤，誨爾序爵。誰能執熱，逝不以濯？其何能淑，載胥及溺？
莊子 · 盜跖第二十九下而不以監之度。勢為天子而不以貴驕人，富有天下而不以財戲人。
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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 268–277. MENG 4A07:05; tr. D. C. Lau 1.143
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