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「天下有二：
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謂合王制與不合王制也。Keep different negatives apart ↗天下有不以是為隆正也，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗天下有不以是為隆正也，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗然而猶有能分是非、治曲直者邪？Read the relationship between clauses ↗然而猶有能分是非、治曲直者邪？Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 非 × 8 是 × 5 治 × 4 有 × 3 不 × 3 能 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 告子下之無益於子思為臣，魯之削也滋甚；若是乎，賢者之無益於國也！」
荀子 · 王霸篇第十一不以是為君臣上下，貴賤長幼，至于庶人，莫不以是為隆正。然後皆內自省以謹於分，是百王之所（以）同也，而禮法之樞要也。
荀子 · 解蔽篇第二十一不合王制察，言物而為辨，君子賤之；博聞彊志，不合王制，君子賤之。」此之謂也。
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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.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_021.txt, lines 690–702. XUN 21:9:6, Beida p.362;Knoblock 3:110
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