I'd like to know whether "食人" is used in Classical Chinese of the 先秦 period. I am not looking for "食人肉."
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in the book of mencius 孟子, chapter 梁惠王上:
此率獸而食人也
roughly means
This is leading on beasts to devour men.
https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&id=12876#s10026702
in the same book, chapter 滕文公上:
治於人者食人,治人者食於人
roughly means
those who are governed by others support them; those who govern others are supported by them
https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&id=13261#s10030257
have fun :)
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Could you find more examples of "食人" used literally to mean "eat people"?– ApollyonCommented Aug 16, 2020 at 7:43