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「繆公之於子思也，
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「繆公之於子思也，Locate a relation ↗摽使者出諸大門之外，Notice a change in argument structure ↗摽使者出諸大門之外，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗北面稽首再拜而不受，Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3 曰 × 2 於 × 2 子 × 2 思 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 萬章下子思不悅思，曰：『古千乘之國以友士，何如？』子思不悅，曰：『古之人有言曰，「事之云乎，豈曰友之云乎？」』
孟子 · 盡心下今而後知孟子曰：「吾今而後知殺人親之重也：殺人之父，人亦殺其父；殺人之兄，人亦殺其兄。然則非自殺之也，一間耳。」
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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 521–531. MENG 5B06:05 tr. D. C. Lau 2.213
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