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故王者已於服人矣。
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故王者已於服人矣。Follow an explicit inference ↗故王者已於服人矣。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗故王者已於服人矣。Locate a relation ↗射遠中微則莫若羿、蠭門矣；Follow a condition and its consequence ↗射遠中微則莫若羿、蠭門矣；Build a conditional reading ↗則莫若使王良、造父矣；Notice a change in argument structure ↗Watch recurrence: 矣 × 4 欲 × 3 得 × 3 則 × 3 莫 × 3 若 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王霸篇第十一聰明君子服射者也；王良、造父者，善服馭者也；聰明君子者，善服人者也。人服而勢從之，人不服而勢去之，
荀子 · 君道篇第十二故人主欲故人主欲彊固安樂，則莫若反之民；欲附下一民，則莫若反之政；欲脩政美俗，則莫若求其人。
荀子 · 君道篇第十二人主欲得人主欲得善射射遠中微者，則縣貴爵重賞以招致之。內不可以阿子弟，外不可以隱遠人，能中是者取之，
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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_011.txt, lines 576–583. XUN 11:7a:2, Beida p.174f; Knoblock 2:159f
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