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故非有一人之道也，
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故非有一人之道也，Follow an explicit inference ↗故非有一人之道也，Keep different negatives apart ↗直將巧繁拜請而畏事之，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則不足以持國安身，Keep different negatives apart ↗則不足以持國安身，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 齊 × 6 以 × 4 於 × 3 故 × 2 之 × 2 道 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十則不足以境，吳起欲攻之。不去則甚害田者，去之則不足以徵甲兵。於是乃倚一車轅於北門之外而令之曰：「有能徙此南門之外者，賜之上田、上宅。」
孟子 · 離婁上人之道也是故誠者、天之道也，思誠者、人之道也。至誠而不動者，未之有也；不誠，未有能動者也。」
莊子 · 天地第十二人之道也，德全者形全，形全者神全。神全者，聖人之道也。託生與民並行而不知其所之，
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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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- KR3a0002_010.txt, lines 989–998. XUN 10:15:4, Beida p.159;Knoblock 2:138
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