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名無固宜，約之以命，約定俗成謂之宜
Names have no fixed inherent fitness; they are assigned by agreement, and established convention is called fitting.
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名無固宜，
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Agreement that has become established convention.
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Different contextual sensesNaming under convention and under a paradoxXunzi addresses how agreed usage makes a name fitting; Laozi questions the constancy of names that can be named. Their shared 名 is an invitation to compare predicates and aims, not a warrant to assign one theory of language to both.
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韓非子 · 詭使第四十五則謂之不言時節，行中適，則謂之不肖。無二心私學，聽吏從教者，則謂之陋。
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論語 · Recover the object學而時習之論語 · Recover the object未之有也論語 · Identify means, basis, and purpose使民以時論語 · Recover the object雖曰未學，吾必謂之學矣Edition, source, and reuse
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Traditionally associated with Xun Kuang; the received collection contains multiple textual layers.
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- 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_022.txt, lines 185–195. XUN 22:2g:1, Beida p.372f;Knoblock 3:130f
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