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立身則從傭俗，
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之所以接下之百姓者則庸寬惠，Focus on what an action concerns ↗之所以接下之百姓者則庸寬惠，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗之所以接下之百姓者則庸寬惠，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗如是者則安存。Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 則 × 5 傭 × 3 之 × 2 者 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王制篇第九百姓者則疑，進退貴賤則舉佞侻，之所以接下之人百姓者則好取侵奪，如是者危殆。
荀子 · 王制篇第九進退貴賤立身則憍暴，事行則傾覆，進退貴賤則舉幽險詐故，（人）之所以接下之人百姓者，則好用其死力矣，而慢其功勞；好用其籍斂矣，
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一所以接下以禮，上之於下，如保赤子。政令制度，所以接下之人百姓，有不理者如豪末，則雖孤獨鰥寡必不加焉。故下之親上歡如父母，可殺而不可使不順
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
- Attribution
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- 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 1014–1018. XUN 9: 19c:9, Beida p.136; Knoblock 2:111
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