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將所以不受命於主有三：
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將所以不受命於主有三：Focus on what an action concerns ↗將所以不受命於主有三：Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗將所以不受命於主有三：Keep different negatives apart ↗將所以不受命於主有三：Locate a relation ↗可殺而不可使處不完，Read the relationship between clauses ↗可殺而不可使處不完，Notice a change in argument structure ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 6 可 × 6 殺 × 3 而 × 3 使 × 3 三 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 讓王第二十八所以不受遺我粟，至其罪我也又且以人之言，此吾所以不受也。」其卒，民果作難而殺子陽。
荀子 · 議兵篇第十五受命於主凡受命於主而行三軍，三軍既定，百官得序，群物皆正，則主不能喜，敵不能怒，夫是之謂至臣。
荀子 · 仲尼篇第七可殺而不，貧則用節；可貴可賤也，可富可貧也，可殺而不可使為姦也。
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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
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- KR3a0002_015.txt, lines 418–422. XUN 15:1e:4, Beida p.235;Knoblock 2:225f
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