Hanfeizi · 喻老第二十一
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列子聞之曰：
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「使天地三年而成一葉，Notice a change in argument structure ↗「使天地三年而成一葉，Read the relationship between clauses ↗則物之有葉者寡矣。」Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則物之有葉者寡矣。」Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 2 葉 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 則陽第二十五子聞之曰莊子聞之曰：「今人之治其形，理其心，多有似封人之所謂，遁其天，離其性，滅其情，亡其神，以眾為。
韓非子 · 喻老第二十一三年而成宋人有為其君以象為楮葉者，三年而成。豐殺莖柯，毫芒繁澤，亂之楮葉之中而不可別也。此人遂以功食祿於宋邦。
韓非子 · 說林下第二十三子聞之曰宋太宰貴而主斷。季子將見宋君，梁子聞之曰：「語必可與太宰三坐乎，不然，將不免。」季子因說以貴主而輕國。
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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_021.txt, lines 506–508. HF 21.16:03; jishi 406; shiping 707; jiaozhu 225; m201
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