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材性知能，
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是君子小人之所同也，Focus on what an action concerns ↗若其所以求之之道則異矣。Build a conditional reading ↗若其所以求之之道則異矣。Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗若其所以求之之道則異矣。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗若其所以求之之道則異矣。Follow a condition and its consequence ↗若其所以求之之道則異矣。Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3 君 × 2 子 × 2 小 × 2 人 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難二第三十七好利惡害於上皆若孝子之愛親也，是行人之誣也。好利惡害，夫人之所有也。賞厚而信，人輕敵矣；刑重而必，夫人不北矣。
莊子 · 知北遊第二十二人之所同不形之形，形之不形，是人之所同知也，非將至之所務也，此眾人之所同論也。彼至則不論，論則不至。明見无值，辯不若默。
韓非子 · 解老第二十君子小人脩身者以此別君子小人，治鄉治邦莅天下者，各以此科適觀息耗，則萬不失一。
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_004.txt, lines 266–271. XUN 4:8:1,ed. Beida p. 42; Knoblock 1:190
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