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其在趙者剡然有苓而據松柏之塞，
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其在趙者剡然有苓而據松柏之塞，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗其在趙者剡然有苓而據松柏之塞，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗其在趙者剡然有苓而據松柏之塞，Read the relationship between clauses ↗此所謂廣大乎舜、禹也。Focus on what an action concerns ↗此所謂廣大乎舜、禹也。Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 2 海 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 王霸篇第十一彊殆中國、越句踐，是皆僻陋之國也，威動天下，彊殆中國，無它故焉，略信也。──是所謂信立而霸也。
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六謂廣大乎曷謂廣大乎舜、禹也？曰：古者百王之一天下、臣諸侯也，未有過封內千里者也。今秦南乃有沙羡與俱，是
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六廣大乎舜也？曰：秦之謂也。威彊乎湯、武，禹，廣大乎舜、然而憂患不可勝校也；諰諰然常恐天下之一合而軋己也，此所謂力術止也。武？湯、曷謂乎威
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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 429–434. XUN 16:5, Knoblock 2:244
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