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刻死而附生謂之墨，
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大象其生以送其死，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗使死生終始莫不稱宜而好善，Notice a change in argument structure ↗使死生終始莫不稱宜而好善，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 死 × 5 生 × 5 而 × 4 之 × 4 謂 × 3 刻 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 田子方第二十一死生終始其所一而同焉，則四支百體將為塵垢，而死生終始將為晝夜而莫之能滑，而況得喪禍福之所介乎！
荀子 · 禮論篇第十九終始莫不益之損之，類之盡之，盛之美之，使本末終始莫不順比純備，足以為萬世則，則是禮也，非順孰修為之君子
荀子 · 禮論篇第十九大象其生卒禮者、以生者飾死者也，大象其生以送其死也。故如死如生，如存如亡，終始一也。始卒，沐浴、鬠體、飯唅、象生執也。
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_019.txt, lines 769–775. XUN 19:8:1, Beida p.325; Knoblock 3:68f
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