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白馬之白也，
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「異於白，Locate a relation ↗無以異於白人之白也；Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗不識長馬之長也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 長 × 6 白 × 5 之 × 5 異 × 3 於 × 3 也 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 彊國篇第十六無以異於方則欲自並乎湯、武，若其所以統之，則無以異於桀、紂，而求有湯、武之功名，可乎？故凡得勝者，必與人也；凡得人者，必與道也。
孟子 · 萬章下之者義乎曰：「尊者賜之，曰，『其所取之者義乎，不義乎？』而後受之，以是為不恭，故弗卻也。」
孟子 · 告子上無以異於曰：「耆秦人之炙，無以異於耆吾炙，夫物則亦有然者也，然則耆炙亦有外歟？」
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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_011.txt, lines 111–118. MENG 6A04:03; tr. D. C. Lau 2.225
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