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思天下之民匹夫匹婦有不被堯舜之澤者，
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思天下之民匹夫匹婦有不被堯舜之澤者，Keep different negatives apart ↗思天下之民匹夫匹婦有不被堯舜之澤者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗若己推而內之溝中。Build a conditional reading ↗其自任以天下之重如此，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗其自任以天下之重如此，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 天 × 3 下 × 3 者 × 3 己 × 3 而 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 天地第十二天下者乎擬聖，於于以蓋眾，獨弦哀歌以賣名聲於天下者乎？汝方將忘汝神氣，墮汝形骸，而庶幾乎！而身之不能治，而何暇治天下乎！子往矣，无乏吾事
論語 · 憲問篇第十四匹夫匹婦受其賜。微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。豈若匹夫匹婦之為諒也，自經於溝瀆而莫之知也？」
韓非子 · 說難第十二而說之以所說出於為名高者也，而說之以厚利，則見下節而遇卑賤，必棄遠矣。
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR1h0001_009.txt, lines 667–676. MENG 5A07:06; tr. D. C. Lau 2.193
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