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夫人雖有性質美而心辨知，
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夫人雖有性質美而心辨知，Keep the concession and the main claim ↗夫人雖有性質美而心辨知，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則所聞者堯、舜、禹、湯之道也；Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則所聞者堯、舜、禹、湯之道也；Focus on what an action concerns ↗則所聞者堯、舜、禹、湯之道也；Name the one, thing, or situation ↗則所見者忠信敬讓之行也。Identify who undergoes the action ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 7 之 × 7 也 × 7 者 × 6 友 × 4 所 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二仁義而不夫稱上古之傳頌，辯而不愨，道先王仁義而不能正國者，此亦可以戲而不可以為治也。夫慕仁義而弱亂者，三晉也。
韓非子 · 有度第六而不自知形焉，即漸以往，使人主失端，東西易面而不自知。
韓非子 · 內儲說下六微第三十一而不自知令。炮人呼天曰：「嗟乎！臣有三罪，死而不自知乎！」平公曰：「何謂也？」
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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_023.txt, lines 752–765. XUN 23.19.03; 23:7, Knoblock 3:161
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