Book of Odes · Mao witness · 國風周南第一
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窈窕淑女，君子好逑
The graceful, good woman is a fine match for the gentleman.
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關關雎鳩，
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詩經 · 關雎窈窕淑女參差荇菜，左右流之。窈窕淑女，寤寐求之。求之不得，寤寐思服。悠哉悠哉！輾轉反側。
詩經 · 關雎窈窕淑女參差荇菜，左右采之。窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。
詩經 · 關雎窈窕淑女參差荇菜，左右芼之。窈窕淑女，鍾鼓樂之。
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論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated本立而道生論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated吾日三省吾身論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated行有餘力，則以學文論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行Edition, source, and reuse
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- 詩經 · Book of Odes · Mao witness
- Attribution
- Anonymous poems transmitted in the Mao tradition, with received prefaces and ancillary prose; individual attribution is uncertain.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR1c0001 · base edition tls
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- KR1c0001_001.txt, lines 119–122.
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