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臣之於君也，
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臣之於君也，Locate a relation ↗若子之事父、弟之事兄也，Build a conditional reading ↗若手臂之扞頭目而覆胸腹也，Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 7 也 × 5 而 × 3 於 × 2 若 × 2 事 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難一第三十六臣之於君行，則陳其言，善諫不聽，則遠其身者，臣之於君也。
韓非子 · 八經第四十八下之於上上之於下，下之於上亦然。是故上下貴賤相畏以法，相誨以利。民之性，有生之實，有生之名。為君者，有賢知之名
韓非子 · 忠孝第五十一子之事父恍惚之言，恬淡之學，天下之惑術也。孝子之事父也，非競取父之家也；忠臣之事君也，非競取君之國也。夫為人子而常譽他人之親曰：「某子之
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- Source position
- KR3a0002_015.txt, lines 94–101. XUN 15:1b:5, Beida p.231; Knoblock 2:220
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