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110 Han characters · 41 distinct forms · 18 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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且夫屬其性乎仁義者，
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且夫屬其性乎仁義者，Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗且夫屬其性乎仁義者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 謂 × 9 所 × 7 其 × 6 非 × 6 吾 × 6 也 × 6. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 說疑第四十四所謂明也罰之當也。賞無功之人，罰不辜之民，非所謂明也。賞有功，罰有罪，而不失其人，方在於人者也，非能生功止過者也。
荀子 · 王制篇第九義之謂也物，故宮室不可得而居也，不可少頃舍禮義之謂也。
荀子 · 議兵篇第十五謂仁義之子之朝而後勝之也，皆前行素脩也，此所謂仁義之兵也。今女不求之於本而索之於末，此世之所以亂也。」
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- Work
- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_008.txt, lines 209–225. ZHUANG 8.2.9 Guo Qingfan 327; Wang Shumin 324; Fang Yong 243; Chen Guying 242
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