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小人反是，
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致亂而惡人之非己也，Read the relationship between clauses ↗致亂而惡人之非己也，Keep different negatives apart ↗致不肖而欲人之賢己也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 人 × 4 而 × 3 之 × 3 己 × 3 也 × 3 致 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 解老第二十而惡人之，謂其中心欣然愛人也；其喜人之有福，而惡人之有禍也；生心之所不能已也，非求其報也。故曰：「上仁為之而無以為也。」
韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十而欲人之李悝為魏文侯上地之守，而欲人之善射也，乃下令曰：「人之有狐疑之訟者，令之射的，中之者勝，不中者負。」
論語 · 顏淵篇第十二小人反是子曰：「君子成人之美，不成人之惡。小人反是。」
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_002.txt, lines 37–48. XUN 2.1.3, Knoblock 1:151, tr. CH
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