Mencius · 盡心下

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盡心下 · 4247 characters
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韓非子 · 解老第二十害人之心

此非獨謂野處之軍也。聖人之遊世也,無害人之心,則必無人害,無人害則不備人。故曰:「陸行不遇兕虎。」

論語 · 子路篇第十三有所不為

行而與之,必也狂狷乎!狂者進取,狷者有所不為也。」

孟子 · 公孫丑下人皆有所

而授孟子室,養弟子以萬鍾,使諸大夫國人皆有所矜式。子盍為我言之!」時子因陳子而以告孟子,陳子以時子之言告孟子。

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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_014.txt, lines 427–435. MENG 7B31:01; tr. D. C. Lau 2.299
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