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且樂者、先王之所以飾喜也；
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且樂者、先王之所以飾喜也；Name the one, thing, or situation ↗且樂者、先王之所以飾喜也；Focus on what an action concerns ↗且樂者、先王之所以飾喜也；Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗先王之喜怒皆得其齊焉。Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗是故喜而天下和之，Follow an explicit inference ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 12 也 × 7 先 × 4 王 × 4 而 × 4 者 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 田子方第二十一之於道也孔子出，以告顏回曰：「丘之於道也，其猶醯雞與！微夫子之發吾覆也，吾不知天地之大全也。」
莊子 · 齊物論第二其盛者也策也，惠子之據梧也，三子之知幾乎，皆其盛者也，故載之末年。唯其好之也，以異於彼，其好之也，欲以明之。
韓非子 · 有度第六先王之所者為不足，故舍己能而因法數，審賞罰。先王之所守要，故法省而不侵。獨制四海之內，聰智不得用其詐，險躁不得關其佞，姦邪無所依。
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_020.txt, lines 91–103. XUN 20:1:7, Beida p.334f; Knoblock 3:81
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