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今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，
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今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，Notice a change in argument structure ↗今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗今使塗之人者以其可以知之質、可以能之具，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗然則其可以為禹明矣。Follow a condition and its consequence ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 可 × 5 以 × 4 其 × 2 知 × 2 能 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 徐无鬼第二十四夫仁義之利出乎仁義，捐仁義者寡，利仁義者眾。夫仁義之行，唯且无誠，且假夫禽貪者器。是以一人之斷制（利）天下，譬之猶一覕也。夫堯知賢人之利
韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四其可以為長者有言曰：『夫虛靜無為而無見也。』其可以為此廩乎！」
莊子 · 人間世第四其可以為牛，絜之百圍，其高臨山十仞而後有枝，其可以為舟者旁十數。觀者如巿，匠伯不顧，遂行不輟。
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3a0002_023.txt, lines 568–572. XUN 23.14.06; 23:5a, Knoblock 3:158
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- Teaching
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