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「子以為有王者作，
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「子以為有王者作，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗「子以為有王者作，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗將比今之諸侯而誅之乎？Read the relationship between clauses ↗將比今之諸侯而誅之乎？Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗其教之不改而後誅之乎？Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗其教之不改而後誅之乎？Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 而 × 3 有 × 2 者 × 2 誅 × 2 乎 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 彊國篇第十六而後誅之曲直，（而）聽咸陽，順者錯之，不順者而後誅之，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
孟子 · 告子下子以為有今魯方百里者五，子以為有王者作，則魯在所損乎，在所益乎？徒取諸彼以與此，然且仁者不為，況於殺人以求之乎？
孟子 · 盡心上非其有而曰：「仁義而已矣。殺一無罪、非仁也，非其有而取之、非義也。
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_010.txt, lines 387–394. MENG 5B04:06; tr. D. C. Lau 2.209
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