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「言近而指遠者，
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韓非子 · 和氏第十三子之言也不用吳起而削亂，秦行商君法而富強。二子之言也已當矣，然而枝解吳起而車裂商君者，何也？大臣若法而細民惡治也。
荀子 · 非十二子篇第六君子之言案飾其辭而祗敬之曰：此真先君子之言也。子思唱之，孟軻和之，世俗之溝猶瞀儒，嚾嚾然不知其所非也，遂受而傳之，以為仲尼、子
荀子 · 儒效篇第八子之言也戒。』應之曰：『是殆非周公之行，非孔子之言也。』
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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 451–461. MENG 7B32:01; tr. D. C. Lau 2.299
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8decdf43d5a82b779f7950a7782b9a5e09659564- Reuse
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