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則禍託於欲而人以為福，
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則禍託於欲而人以為福，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則禍託於欲而人以為福，Locate a relation ↗則禍託於欲而人以為福，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則禍託於欲而人以為福，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗則禍託於欲而人以為福，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗此亦人所以惑於禍福也。Focus on what an action concerns ↗Watch recurrence: 禍 × 4 福 × 4 託 × 3 於 × 3 而 × 3 人 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 解老第二十不知禍福人無愚智，莫不有趨舍。恬淡平安，莫不知禍福之所由來。得於好惡，怵於淫物，而後變亂。
韓非子 · 解老第二十知禍福之恬淡有趨舍之義，平安知禍福之計。而今也玩好變之，外物引之。引之而往，故曰「校」。
莊子 · 田子方第二十一禍福之所死生終始將為晝夜而莫之能滑，而況得喪禍福之所介乎！
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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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- KR3a0002_022.txt, lines 561–570. XUN 22:6b:2, Beida p.3i4; Knoblock 3:137
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