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儒者為之不然，
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朝廷必將隆禮義而審貴賤，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則士大夫莫不敄節死制者矣。Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則士大夫莫不敄節死制者矣。Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 6 而 × 5 則 × 4 將 × 3 是 × 3 莫 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王制篇第九關市幾而事，財萬物，所以養萬民也。田野什一，關市幾而不征，山林澤梁以時禁發而不稅，相地而衰政，理道之遠近而致貢，
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一百吏莫不若夫論一相以兼率之，使臣下百吏莫不宿道鄉方而務，是夫人主之職也。
荀子 · 樂論篇第二十儒者為之墨子曰：「樂者、聖王之所非也，而儒者為之，過矣。」君子以為不然。樂者、聖人之所樂也，而可以善民心，其感人深，其移風易俗，故先
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_011.txt, lines 1094–1103. XUN 11:13b:1, Beida p.187; Knoblock 2:169
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