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故惟明主能愛其所愛，
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故惟明主能愛其所愛，Follow an explicit inference ↗故惟明主能愛其所愛，Focus on what an action concerns ↗夫文王非無貴戚也，Keep different negatives apart ↗倜然乃舉太公於州人而用之，Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 也 × 8 則 × 4 愛 × 3 非 × 3 無 × 3 以 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 喻老第二十一舉太公於文王舉太公於渭濱者，貴之也；而資費仲玉版者，是愛之也。故曰：「不貴其師，不愛其資，雖知大迷，是謂
孟子 · 梁惠王上人而用之尼曰：『始作俑者，其無後乎！』為其象人而用之也。如之何其使斯民飢而死也？」
孫子 · 用間篇人而用之是謂神紀，人君之寶也。因間者，因其鄉人而用之；內間者，因其官人而用之；反間者，因其敵間而用之；死間者，為誑事於外，令吾間知之，而
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- Work
- 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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- KR3a0002_012.txt, lines 735–749. XUN 12:9:7, Beida p.204; Knoblock 2:188
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