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辟之是猶使處女嬰寶珠、佩寶玉、負戴黃金而遇中山之盜也，
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辟之是猶使處女嬰寶珠、佩寶玉、負戴黃金而遇中山之盜也，Recover the object ↗ Connect a modifier to a head ↗ Put a clause inside a larger sentence ↗辟之是猶使處女嬰寶珠、佩寶玉、負戴黃金而遇中山之盜也，Notice a change in argument structure ↗辟之是猶使處女嬰寶珠、佩寶玉、負戴黃金而遇中山之盜也，Read the relationship between clauses ↗辟之是猶使處女嬰寶珠、佩寶玉、負戴黃金而遇中山之盜也，Recognize a nominal predicate ↗ Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗由將不足以免也。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3 寶 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 君子篇第二十四不足以免世曉然皆知夫為姦則雖隱竄逃亡之由不足以免也，莫不服罪而請。《書》曰：「凡人自得罪。」此之謂也。
荀子 · 仲尼篇第七辟之是猶辟之是猶伏而咶天，救經而引其足也，說必不行矣，俞務而俞遠。故君子時詘則詘，時伸則伸也。
荀子 · 儒效篇第八辟之是猶故能小而事大，辟之是猶力之少而任重也，舍粹折無適也。身不肖而誣賢，是猶傴身而好升高也，指其頂者愈眾。故明主
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_010.txt, lines 978–985. XUN 10:15:3, Beida p.159;Knoblock 2:137f
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