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大儒之效：
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周公屏成王而及武王以屬天下，Read the relationship between clauses ↗周公屏成王而及武王以屬天下，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗而天下不稱貪焉：Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 天 × 5 王 × 4 下 × 4 武 × 2 成 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難勢第四十而天下不紂南面而王天下，以天子之威為之雲霧，而天下不免乎大亂者，桀、紂之材薄也。
荀子 · 儒效篇第八天下不稱殺管叔，虛殷國，而天下不稱戾焉；兼制天下，立七十一國，姬姓獨居五十三人，而天下不稱偏焉。教誨開導成王，使諭於道
荀子 · 儒效篇第八及武王以之，不能則天下去之，是以周公屏成王而及武王以屬天下，惡天下之離周也。
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_008.txt, lines 14–23. XUN 8:1:1, Beida p. 86f; Knoblock 2:68
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