Hanfeizi · 說林第二十二
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「子獨不聞涸澤之蛇乎？
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「子獨不聞涸澤之蛇乎？Keep different negatives apart ↗「子獨不聞涸澤之蛇乎？Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗人以為蛇之行者耳，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗人以為蛇之行者耳，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 蛇 × 5 子 × 4 之 × 3 曰 × 2 涸 × 2 澤 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 秋水第十七子獨不聞公子牟隱机大息，仰天而笑曰：「子獨不聞夫埳井之鼃乎？謂東海之鱉曰：『吾樂與！吾跳梁乎井幹之上，入休乎缺甃之崖；赴水則接掖持
莊子 · 秋水第十七子獨不聞且子獨不聞夫壽陵餘子之學行於邯鄲與？未得國能，又失其故行矣，直匍匐而歸耳。今子不去，將忘子之故
莊子 · 達生第十九子獨不聞扁子曰：「子獨不聞夫至人之自行邪？忘其肝膽，遺其耳目，芒然彷徨乎塵垢之外，逍遙乎无事之業，是謂為而不恃
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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_022.txt, lines 255–263. HF 22.12:02; jishi 426; jiaozhu 239; shiping 743
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