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兼聽而時稽之，
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使百吏盡免而眾庶不偷，Notice a change in argument structure ↗使百吏盡免而眾庶不偷，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 2 時 × 2 之 × 2 其 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王霸篇第十一度其功勞，要百事之聽，以飾朝廷臣下百吏之分，度其功勞，論其慶賞，歲終奉其成功以效於君。當則可，不當則廢，故君人勞於索之，而休於使之。
荀子 · 王制篇第九以時順脩、乘白之數。脩憲命，審詩商，禁淫聲，以時順脩，使夷俗邪音不敢亂雅，大師之事也。
荀子 · 王制篇第九以時順脩下，視肥墝，序五種，省農功，謹蓄臧，以時順脩，使農夫樸力而寡能，治田之事也。
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3a0002_009.txt, lines 795–803. XUN 9:17:10, Beida p.130; Knoblock 2:107
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