Hanfeizi · 和氏第十三
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「吾非悲刖也，
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悲夫寶玉而題之以石，Read the relationship between clauses ↗悲夫寶玉而題之以石，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗王乃使玉人理其璞而得寶焉，Notice a change in argument structure ↗Watch recurrence: 悲 × 3 而 × 3 之 × 3 以 × 3 和 × 2 曰 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 大略篇第二十七和氏之璧：「如切如瑳，如琢如磨。」謂學問也。和氏之璧、井里之厥也，玉人琢之，為天下寶。子贛、季路，故鄙人也，被文學，服禮義，為天下列士。
莊子 · 天道第十三此吾所以，不廢窮民，苦死者，嘉孺子而哀婦人。此吾所以用心已。」
莊子 · 達生第十九此吾所以俱入，與汩偕出，從水之道而不為私焉。此吾所以蹈之也。」
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- Work
- 韓非子 · Hanfeizi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Han Fei; authorship of individual chapters is not uniform or certain.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3c0005 · base edition tls
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_013.txt, lines 48–56. HF 13.01:04; jiaoshi 293; jishi 238; jiaozhu 121; shiping 462
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