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"english": "When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist. When one subdues men by virtue, in their hearts' core they are pleased, and sincerely submit, as was the case with the seventy disciples in their submission to Confucius.",
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"text": "以力服人者，非心服也，力不贍也；以德服人者，中心悅而誠服也，如七十子之服孔子也。",
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"english": "When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist. When one subdues men by virtue, in their hearts' core they are pleased, and sincerely submit, as was the case with the seventy disciples in their submission to Confucius.",
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"zh-pron": "yiiderfwuren"
},
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"zh-pron": "идэфужэнь"
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"zh-pron": "idɛfužɛnʹ"
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"zh-pron": "yi⁵ deg¹ fug⁶ yen⁴"
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"zh-pron": "идэфужэнь"
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"zh-pron": "yi⁵ deg¹ fug⁶ yen⁴"
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