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故大路之馬必信至教順然後乘之，
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故大路之馬必信至教順然後乘之，Follow an explicit inference ↗所以養安也。Locate the unknown ↗孰知夫出死要節之所以養生也！Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 所 × 5 以 × 5 養 × 5 也 × 5 孰 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三禮義文理目之欲，有好聲色焉，順是，故淫亂生而禮義文理亡焉。然則從人之性，順人之情，必出於爭奪，合於犯文亂理而歸於暴。
荀子 · 議兵篇第十五所以養生微子開封於宋，曹觸龍斷於軍，殷之服民所以養生之者也無異周人。故近者歌謳而樂之，遠者竭蹶而趨之，無幽閒辟陋之國，莫不趨使而安樂之，
荀子 · 彊國篇第十六所以養生故人莫貴乎生，莫樂乎安；所以養生、樂安者莫大乎禮義。人知貴生樂安而棄禮義，辟之是猶欲壽而歾頸也，愚莫大焉。故君人者愛
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_019.txt, lines 87–94. XUN 19:1c:3, Beida p.309; Knoblock 3:56
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