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47 Han characters · 37 distinct forms · 7 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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魏武侯謀事而當，
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「亦嘗有以楚莊王之語聞於左右者乎？」Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗「亦嘗有以楚莊王之語聞於左右者乎？」Locate a relation ↗「亦嘗有以楚莊王之語聞於左右者乎？」Name the one, thing, or situation ↗「亦嘗有以楚莊王之語聞於左右者乎？」Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗「楚莊王之語何如？」Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 武 × 2 侯 × 2 而 × 2 有 × 2 曰 × 2 楚 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 姦劫弒臣第十四楚莊王之楚莊王之弟春申君有愛妾曰余，春申君之正妻子曰甲。余欲君之棄其妻也，因自傷其身以視君而泣，曰：
荀子 · 堯問篇第三十二謀事而當吳起對曰：「楚莊王謀事而當，群臣莫逮，退朝而有憂色。申公巫臣進問曰：『王朝而有憂色，何也？』莊王曰：『不穀謀事
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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_032.txt, lines 32–38. XUN 32:2:1, Beida 505, Knoblock 3:265
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- Teaching
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