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孔子喟然而歎曰：
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惡有滿而不覆者哉！」Keep different negatives apart ↗惡有滿而不覆者哉！」Name the one, thing, or situation ↗「敢問持滿有道乎」？Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗此所謂挹而損之之道也。」Focus on what an action concerns ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 而 × 5 守 × 4 以 × 4 滿 × 3 子 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 六反第四十六富有四海故桀貴在天子而不足於尊，富有四海之內而不足於寶。君人者雖足民，不能足使為天子，而桀未必以為天子為足也，則雖足民，何可
莊子 · 讓王第二十八喟然而歎顏回无以應，入告孔子。孔子推琴喟然而歎曰：「由與賜，細人也。召而來，吾語之。」
荀子 · 非十二子篇第六聰明聖知兼服天下之心：高上尊貴不以驕人，聰明聖知不以窮人，齊給速通不以先人，剛毅勇敢不以傷人；不知則問，不能則學，雖能必讓，然後為德
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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_028.txt, lines 32–47. XUN 28:1:2, Beida 475, Knoblock 3:244
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