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塗之人者，
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皆內可以知父子之義，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗然則其可以知之質、可以能之具，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗然則其可以知之質、可以能之具，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 可 × 4 以 × 4 然 × 3 知 × 3 不 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三可以知父然則塗之人也，且內不可以知父子之義，外不可以知君臣之正。（
荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三塗之人者今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，本夫仁義之可知之理、可能之具，然則其可以為禹明矣。
荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三父子之義非私齊、魯之民而外秦人也，然而秦人於父子之義、夫婦之別不如齊、魯之孝共敬文者，何也？以秦人之從情性、安恣睢、慢於禮義故也。豈其性
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- Work
- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_023.txt, lines 558–564. XUN 23.14.05; 23:5a, Knoblock 3:158
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