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46 Han characters · 39 distinct forms · 9 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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卬卬兮天下之咸蹇也。
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荀子 · 致士篇第十四得之則存則治，失之則亂；得之則安，失之則危；得之則存，失之則亡。故有良法而亂者有之矣，有君子而亂者，自古及今，未嘗聞也。《傳》曰：「治生
荀子 · 賦篇第二十六往來惽憊偪者歟？行遠疾速而不可託訊（者與）？往來惽憊而不可為固塞者歟？暴至殺傷而不億忌者歟？功被天下而不私置者歟？託地而游宇，友風而子雨
荀子 · 大略篇第二十七莫知其門無怠。慶者在堂，弔者在閭。禍與福鄰，莫知其門。豫哉！豫哉！萬民望之！」授天子三策。
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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_026.txt, lines 113–121. XUN 26:3.2, Knoblock 3:197, tr. Knechtges p. 6
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- Text policy
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- Teaching
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