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shí ㄕˊ (5): 時機、時勢。 Occasion, opportune moment.
| 《·》: | 當今之君，其蓄私也，大國拘女累千，小國累百，是以天下之男多寡無妻，女多拘無夫，男女1失時，故民少。 | | The present rulers of large states retain as many women as a thousand in their household and those of small states as many as a hundred. Therefore men in the empire are mostly without wife and women without husband. The functions of men and women are prevented and the population becomes small. | | 《·》: | 好從事而亟失時，可謂知乎？ | | "Can he be called wise, who is anxious to be engaged in public employment, and yet is constantly losing the opportunity of being so?" |
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