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故知既已知之矣，
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故知既已知之矣，Follow an explicit inference ↗則若性命肌膚之不可易也。Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則若性命肌膚之不可易也。Build a conditional reading ↗則若性命肌膚之不可易也。Keep different negatives apart ↗故富貴不足以益也，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 也 × 4 既 × 3 已 × 3 矣 × 3 不 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 告子下既已知之夫苟不好善，則人將曰：𧦧𧦧，『予既已知之矣。』𧦧𧦧
莊子 · 齊物論第二既已謂之物與我為一。既已為一矣，且得有言乎？既已謂之一矣，且得無言乎？一與言為二，二與一為三。
莊子 · 漁父第三十一不可易也俗之所為也；真者，所以受於天也，自然不可易也。故聖人法天貴真，不拘於俗。愚者反此。
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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_031.txt, lines 103–110. XUN 31:2:4, Beida 497, Knoblock 3:260
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