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逢衣淺帶，
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略法先王而足亂世術，Read the relationship between clauses ↗不知法後王而一制度，Keep different negatives apart ↗其衣冠行偽已同於世俗矣，Locate a relation ↗其衣冠行偽已同於世俗矣，Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗然而不知惡（者）；Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 4 不 × 3 知 × 3 衣 × 2 其 × 2 冠 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 非十二子篇第六略法先王略法先王而不知其統，然而猶材劇志大，聞見雜博。案往舊造說，謂之五行，甚僻違而無類，幽隱而無說
荀子 · 儒效篇第八禮義而殺法後王，一制度，隆禮義而殺《詩》、《書》，其言行已有大法矣，然而明不能齊法教之所不及，
荀子 · 君道篇第十二知隆禮義知隆禮義之為尊君也，知好士之為美名也，知愛民之為安國也，知有常法之為一俗也，知尚贀使能之為長
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_008.txt, lines 703–710. XUN 8:10:2,Beida p.105; Knoblock 2:79
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