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善生養人者人親之
People feel close to one who is good at sustaining and nourishing them.
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善生養人者人親之，
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The person described by 善生養人者, resumed by 之.
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孟子 · 離婁上而天下歸行有不得者皆反求諸己，其身正而天下歸之。《詩》云：『永言配命，自求多福。』」
荀子 · 君道篇第十二善生養人何也？曰：能群也。能群也者何也？曰：善生養人者也，善班治人者也，善顯設人者也，善藩飾人者也。
荀子 · 天論篇第十七是之謂能職。天有其時，地有其財，人有其治，夫是之謂能參。舍其所以參，而願其所參，則惑矣。
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論語 · Recover the object學而時習之論語 · Recover the object未之有也論語 · Recover the object雖曰未學，吾必謂之學矣論語 · Name the one, thing, or situation未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也Edition, source, and reuse
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.
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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_012.txt, lines 391–397. XUN 12:6:2, Beida p.197f;Knoblock 2:182
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