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凡姦人之所以起者，
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凡姦人之所以起者，Focus on what an action concerns ↗凡姦人之所以起者，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗凡姦人之所以起者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗以上之不貴義、不敬義也。Keep different negatives apart ↗夫義者、所以限禁人之為惡與姦者也。Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 7 義 × 6 姦 × 4 人 × 4 以 × 4 不 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 孤憤第十一人之所以人之所以謂齊亡者，非地與城亡也。呂氏弗制，而田氏用之；所以謂晉亡者，亦非地與城亡也，姬氏不制
韓非子 · 備內第十七人之所以則身見䟽賤，而子疑不為後，此后妃、夫人之所以冀其君之死者也。
韓非子 · 解老第二十人之所以失路者而肯聽習問知，即不成迷也。今眾人之所以欲成功而反為敗者，生於不知道理，而不肯問知而聽能。
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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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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3a0002_016.txt, lines 575–586. XUN 16:8; K 2:248
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