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Condition 1: Contains text "此與彼同類世有彼而不自非也墨者有此而罪非之無也故焉所謂內膠外閉與心毋空乎" Matched:1.
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小取 - Minor Illustrations

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] Library Resources
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[Also known as: "Xiao-qu", "Lesser Pick"]

6 小取:
且夫讀書,非
書也;好讀書,
1好書也。且鬥雞,非雞也;好鬥雞,好雞也。且入井,非入井也;止且入井,止入井也。且出門,非出門也;止且出門,止出門也。若若是,且夭,非夭也;壽夭也。有命,非命也;非執有命,非命也,無難矣。
2?內膠而不解也。此乃
3是而然者也。
Minor Illustrations:
Reading books is not books; liking reading books is liking books.
Fighting cocks is not cocks; liking fighting cocks is liking cocks.
Being about to fall into a well is not falling into a well; stopping someone about to fall into a well is stopping someone from falling into a well.
Being about to go out is not going out; stopping someone about to go out is stopping someone going out.
If this is so, then:
Being about to die young is not dying young; stopping someone about to die young is stopping someone from dying young.
Taking there being fate is not fate; opposing those who take that there is fate is opposing fate.
It is not difficult. This and that are the same, the world has that and do not oppose themselves. We Mohists have these and yet they blame and oppose us. There can be no other reason than that they are stopped up within and closed without; their heart-minds are all filled in!
These are the the "not thus and so".

1. 書也;好讀書, : Inserted.
2. 類 : Inserted.
3. 不 : Inserted.

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