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今相國上則得專主，
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相國之於勝人之埶，Locate a relation ↗然則胡不敺此勝人之埶，Keep different negatives apart ↗求仁厚明通之君子而託王焉，Read the relationship between clauses ↗求仁厚明通之君子而託王焉，Resolve “there”, “in this”, or a final particle ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 7 國 × 4 則 × 3 勝 × 3 人 × 3 相 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 彊國篇第十六與之參國文，案用夫端誠信全之君子治天下焉，因與之參國政，正是非，治曲直，（而）聽咸陽，順者錯之，不順者而後誅之，若是，則兵不復出於塞外而
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六勝人之埶荀卿子說齊相曰：「處勝人之埶，行勝人之道，天下莫忿，湯、武是也；處勝人之埶，不以行勝人之道，厚於有天下之埶，索為
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六勝人之埶然則得勝人之埶者，其不如勝人之道遠矣。夫主相者、勝人以埶也，是為是，非為非，能為能，不能為不能，併
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_016.txt, lines 229–237. XUN 16:4:3, Beida p.256f; Knoblock 2:242
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