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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 11 -> Minor Illustrations -> 8

Living within a state is living in the state;
having a house within the state is not having the state.
The fruit of a peach is a peach;
the fruit of a ji (jujube) is not a ji.
Asking after a person's illness is asking after a person;
disliking a person's illness is not disliking a person.
A person's ghost is not a person;
one's elder brother's ghost is one's elder brother.
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Sacrificing to a person's ghost is not sacrificing to a person;
sacrificing to one's elder brother's ghost is sacrificing to one's elder brother.
This horse's eyes are blind means that this horse is blind;
this horse's eyes are large
does not mean that this horse is large.
This ox's hairs are brown
means that this ox is brown;
this ox's hairs are many
does not mean that this ox is many.
One horse is a horse.
Two horses are horses.
Horses have four feet:
one horse has four feet;
two horses do not have four feet.
One horse is a horse.
Some horses are white:
two horses can be some white;
one horse cannot be some white.
This is "one thus and one not thus".

1. 人 : Inserted.


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