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「舜之居深山之中，
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其所以異於深山之野人者幾希；Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗其所以異於深山之野人者幾希；Focus on what an action concerns ↗其所以異於深山之野人者幾希；Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗其所以異於深山之野人者幾希；Locate a relation ↗其所以異於深山之野人者幾希；Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 居 × 2 深 × 2 山 × 2 與 × 2 其 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 儒效篇第八所以異於其言議談說已無所以異於墨子矣，然而明不能分別，呼先王以欺愚者而求衣食焉，得委積足以揜其口則揚揚如也；隨其長
孟子 · 公孫丑上其所以異曰：「敢問其所以異。」曰：「宰我、子貢、有若，智足以知聖人，汙不至阿其所好。宰我曰：「以予觀於夫子，賢
孟子 · 梁惠王上莫之能禦德何如則可以王矣？」曰：「保民而王，莫之能禦也。」曰：「若寡人者，可以保民乎哉？」曰：「可。」
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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_013.txt, lines 210–219. MENG 7A16; tr. D. C. Lau 2.269
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