Mencius · 告子上

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告子上 · 6531 characters
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荀子 · 議兵篇第十五之所貴者

臨武君曰:「不然。夫兵之所貴者埶利也,所行者變詐也。善用兵者,感忽悠闇,莫知其所從出;孫、吳用之,無敵於天下,豈必

莊子 · 天道第十三之所貴者

所貴道者書也,書不過語,語有貴也。語之所貴者意也,意有所隨。意之所隨者,不可以言傳也,

孟子 · 告子上弗思耳矣

仁義禮智,非由外鑠我也,我固有之也,弗思耳矣。故曰:『求則得之,舍則失之。』

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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 701–707. MENG 6A17:01; tr. D. C. Lau 2.24
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8decdf43d5a82b779f7950a7782b9a5e09659564
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