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gù ㄍㄨˋ (1): 緣故，原因。 Cause.
| 《·》: | 故，所得而後成也。 | | The gu (reason/cause) of something is what it must get before it will come about. | | 《·》: | 梁惠王以土地之故，糜爛其民而戰之，大敗，將復之，恐不能勝，故驅其所愛子弟以殉之，是之謂以其所不愛及其所愛也。 | | 'The king Hui of Liang, for the matter of territory, tore and destroyed his people, leading them to battle. Sustaining a great defeat, he would engage again, and afraid lest they should not be able to secure the victory, urged his son whom he loved till he sacrificed him with them. This is what I call "beginning with what they do not care for, and proceeding to what they care for."' | | 《·》: | 其故何也？ | | How is it so? | | 《·》: | 君無故不殺牛，大夫無故不殺羊，士無故不殺犬、豕。 | | Without some cause for it, a ruler did not kill an ox, nor a Great officer a sheep, nor a lower officer a pig or a dog. | | 《·》: | 此其故何也？ | | 《》: | 陳涉無千乘之尊，尺土之地，身非王公大人名族之后，無鄉曲之譽，非有孔、墨、曾子之賢，陶朱、猗頓之富也，然起窮巷，奮棘矜，偏袒大呼而天下從風，此其故何也？ | | 《·》: | 成回學於子路三年，回恭敬不已，子路問其故何也？ | | 《·》: | 凡物之然也，必有故。 | | 《·》: | 古之國千餘，今無數十，其故何也？ | | 《·》: | 陽卦多陰，陰卦多陽，其故何也？ | | 《·》: | 桓公曰：「昔三王者，既弒其君，今言仁義，必以三王為法度，不識其故何也？」 | | 《》: | 大越海濱之民，獨以鳥田，小大有差，進退有行，莫將自使，其故何也？ | | 《·》: | 龐子問鶡冠子曰：「用兵之法，天之，地之，人之，賞以勸戰，罰以必眾，五者已圖，然九夷用之而勝不必者，其故何也？」 | | 《·》: | 士慶入再拜而進曰：「隱有大鳥，來止南山之陽，三年不蜚不鳴，不審其故何也？」 | | 《》: | 然起窮巷，奮棘矜，偏袒大呼，天下從風，此其故何也？ | | 《》: | 使者詰曰：「召君受拜而君拒之，不問徙事而君陳之，其故何也？」 |
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