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101 Han characters · 55 distinct forms · 10 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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凡流言、流說、流事、流謀、流譽、流愬、不官而衡至者，
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凡流言、流說、流事、流謀、流譽、流愬、不官而衡至者，Keep different negatives apart ↗凡流言、流說、流事、流謀、流譽、流愬、不官而衡至者，Read the relationship between clauses ↗凡流言、流說、流事、流謀、流譽、流愬、不官而衡至者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗則姦言、姦說、姦事、姦謀、姦譽、姦愬莫之試也，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗Watch recurrence: 姦 × 7 流 × 6 之 × 6 忠 × 6 譽 × 4 而 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 致士篇第十四進良之術衡聽、顯幽、重明、退姦、進良之術：朋黨比周之譽，君子不聽；殘賊加累之譖，君子不用；隱忌雍蔽之人，君子不近；貨財禽犢之
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六莫不明通家，無有私事也。不比周，不朋黨，倜然莫不明通而公也，古之士大夫也。
荀子 · 不苟篇第三君子慎之生塞，誠信生神，夸誕生惑。此六生者，君子慎之，而禹、桀所以分也。
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
- Attribution
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_014.txt, lines 28–54. XUN 14:1, Knoblock 2:205
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