250s BC

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The Pali Canon. Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, verse 4.

To pursue it is to be human, to give it up is to be a beast.

Xunxi

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Xunzi. Xunzi. c. 238 BC.

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Xunzi. Xunzi: The Complete Text, translated by Eric L. Hutton. Princeton University Press, 2014, ch. 1.