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39 Han characters · 26 distinct forms · 9 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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「食而弗愛，
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論語 · 衛靈公篇第十五君子不可子曰：「君子不可小知而可大受也，小人不可大受而可小知也。」
荀子 · 君道篇第十二君子不可黑然，可詘邪哉！故伯樂不可欺以馬，而君子不可欺以人，此明王之道也。
莊子 · 天地第十二君子不可覆載天地，化生萬物者也，洋洋乎大哉！君子不可以不刳心焉。无為為之之謂天，无為言之之謂德，愛人利物之謂仁，不同同之之謂大，行不崖異
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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 608–616. MENG 7A37:01; tr. D. C. Lau 2.2i1
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