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周之子孫苟不狂惑者，
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周之子孫苟不狂惑者，Build a conditional reading ↗周之子孫苟不狂惑者，Keep different negatives apart ↗周之子孫苟不狂惑者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗故舉天下之大道，Follow an explicit inference ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 下 × 5 愛 × 5 天 × 4 其 × 4 所 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 滕文公下立天下之居天下之廣居，立天下之正位，行天下之大道；得志，與民由之；不得志，獨行其道。富貴不能淫，貧賤不能移，威武不
莊子 · 德充符第五猶足以為取妻者止於外，不得復使。形全猶足以為爾，而況全德之人乎！今哀駘它未言而信，无功而親，使人授己國，唯恐其不受也，是必才全而
莊子 · 在宥第十一故舉天下故舉天下以賞其善者不足，舉天下以罰其惡者不給，故天下之大不足以賞罰。自三代以下者，匈匈焉終以
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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_012.txt, lines 767–778. XUN 12:9:9, Beida p.205; Knoblock 2:188f
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