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孟子謂萬章曰：
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以友天下之善士為未足，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗以友天下之善士為未足，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗以友天下之善士為未足，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 8 善 × 7 士 × 7 一 × 4 友 × 4 斯 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四天下之善一曰：犀首，天下之善將也，梁王之臣也。秦王欲得之與治天下，犀首曰：「衍其人臣者也，不敢離主之國。」居期年
韓非子 · 外儲說右下第三十五天下之善故王良、造父，天下之善御者也，然而使王良操左革而叱咤之，使造父操右革而鞭笞之，共故也。
荀子 · 儒效篇第八天下之善造父者、天下之善御者也，無輿馬則無所見其能。羿者、天下之善射者也，無弧矢則無所見其巧。大儒者、善調一
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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.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_010.txt, lines 702–710. MENG 5B8:01; tr. D. C. Lau 2.219; mod CH
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