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46 Han characters · 38 distinct forms · 8 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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故天將降大任於是人也，
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韓非子 · 說難第十二其所不能彊以其所不能為，止以其所不能已，如此者身危。
韓非子 · 守道第二十六其所不能明主之守禁也，賁、育見侵於其所不能勝，盜跖見害於其所不能取。故能禁賁、育之所不能犯，守盜跖之所不能取，則暴者守愿，邪者
莊子 · 庚桑楚第二十三其所不能學者，學其所不能學也；行者，行其所不能行也；辯者，辯其所不能辯也。知止乎其所不能知，至矣；若有不即是
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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_012.txt, lines 779–786. MENG 6B15:02; tr. D. C. Lau 2.26
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8decdf43d5a82b779f7950a7782b9a5e09659564- Reuse
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- Teaching
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