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荀子 · 儒效篇第八諸侯趨走成王而及武王，履天子之籍，負扆而坐，諸侯趨走堂下。當是時也，夫又誰為恭矣哉！兼制天下，立七十一國，姬姓獨居五十三人焉，周之子孫苟
荀子 · 禮論篇第十九側載睪芷稱者也。故天子大路越席，所以養體也；側載睪芷，所以養鼻也；前有錯衡，所以養目也；
荀子 · 禮論篇第十九和鸞之聲和鸞之聲，步中《武》、《象》，趨中《韶》、《護》，所以養耳也；龍旗九斿，所以養信也；寢兕、特
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_018.txt, lines 513–523. XUN 18:5c:4, Beida p.294; Knoblock 3:41f
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