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死亦我所惡，
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所惡有甚於死者，Locate a relation ↗故患有所不辟也。Follow an explicit inference ↗故患有所不辟也。Keep different negatives apart ↗如使人之所欲莫甚於生，Notice a change in argument structure ↗Watch recurrence: 所 × 5 者 × 4 死 × 3 惡 × 3 甚 × 3 於 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十人之所惡且夫重罰者，人之所惡也；而無棄灰，人之所易也。使人行之所易，而無離所惡，此治之道。」
老子 · 第八章人之所惡上善若水，水善利萬物而不爭，處眾人之所惡。故幾於道，居善地，心善淵，與善仁。言善信，正善治，事善能，動善時。夫唯不爭，故無尤
老子 · 第四十二章人之所惡人之所惡，唯孤寡不穀，而王公以為稱。故物或損之而益，或益之而損。故人之所教，我亦教之。故強梁
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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 493–501. MENG 6A10:03; tr. D. C. Lau 2.23
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