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故天之所覆，
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莫不盡其美、致其用，Keep different negatives apart ↗下以養百姓而安樂之。Read the relationship between clauses ↗下以養百姓而安樂之。Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 7 天 × 2 所 × 2 其 × 2 以 × 2 謂 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 人間世第四是之謂大无適而非君也，无所逃於天地之間。是之謂大戒。是以夫事其親者，不擇地而安之，孝之至也；夫事其君者，不擇事而安之，忠之盛也；
荀子 · 君道篇第十二上以飾賢備珍怪，是所衍也。聖王財衍以明辨異，上以飾賢良而明貴賤，下以飾長幼而明親䟽，上在王公之朝，下在百姓之家，天下曉然皆知其所非以為異
荀子 · 天論篇第十七天作高山治，桀以亂，治亂非地也。《詩》曰：『天作高山，大王荒之。彼作矣，文王康之。』此之謂也。」
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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_009.txt, lines 510–522. XUN 9:14:3, Beida p.125; Knoblock 2:102f
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