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凡語治而待去欲者，
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凡語治而待去欲者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗無以道欲而困於有欲者也。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗無以道欲而困於有欲者也。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 欲 × 8 也 × 6 而 × 4 者 × 4 治 × 3 無 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 不苟篇第三非治亂也君子治治，非治亂也。曷謂耶？曰：禮義之謂治，非禮義之謂亂也。故君子者、治禮義者也，非治非禮義者也。
荀子 · 不苟篇第三非治亂也脩之之謂也，去汙而易之以脩。故去亂而非治亂也，去汙而非脩汙也。治之為名，猶曰君子為治而不為亂，為脩而不為汙也。
荀子 · 正名篇第二十二非治亂也欲之多寡，異類也，情之數也，非治亂也。欲不待可得，而求者從所可。欲不待可得，所受乎天也；求者從所可，所受乎心也。
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_022.txt, lines 423–430. XUN 22:5a:1, Beida p.3i1; Knoblock 3:135
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