Hanfeizi · 解老第二十
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萬物之所然也，
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荀子 · 天論篇第十七物之所以思物而物之，孰與理物而勿失之也？願於物之所以生，孰與有物之所以成？故錯人而思天，則失萬物之情。
莊子 · 齊物論第二之所以成之彰也，道之所以虧也。道之所以虧，愛之所以成。果且有成與虧乎哉？果且無成與虧乎哉？有成與虧，故昭氏之鼓琴也；無成與虧，
莊子 · 人間世第四萬物之所而外於心知，鬼神將來舍，而況人乎！是萬物之所化也，禹舜之所紐也，伏戲几蘧之所行終，而況散焉者乎！」
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3c0005_020.txt, lines 1055–1061. HF 20.27:01; jishi 365; shiping 646; jiaozhu 199
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