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則臣下百吏至于庶人莫不脩己而後敢安正，
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則臣下百吏至于庶人莫不脩己而後敢安正，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則臣下百吏至于庶人莫不脩己而後敢安正，Keep different negatives apart ↗則臣下百吏至于庶人莫不脩己而後敢安正，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則臣下百吏至于庶人莫不脩己而後敢安正，Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3 是 × 2 百 × 2 人 × 2 莫 × 2 不 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 儒效篇第八後敢受職忠臣誠能然後敢受職，所以為不窮也。分不亂於上，能不窮於下，治辨之極也。《詩》曰：「平平左右，亦是率從。
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一是之謂政，下不失地利，中得人和，而百事不廢。是之謂政令行、風俗美，以守則固，以征則彊，居則有名，動則有功。此儒之所謂曲辨也。
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一至于庶人君臣上下，貴賤長幼，至于庶人，莫不以是為隆正。然後皆內自省以謹於分，是百王之所（以）同也，而禮法之樞要也。
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_012.txt, lines 526–533. XUN 12:6:9, Beida p.198; Knoblock 2:183
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