Hanfeizi · 外儲說右上第三十四
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「然則為天下何以為此廩？
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「然則為天下何以為此廩？Follow a condition and its consequence ↗「然則為天下何以為此廩？Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗「然則為天下何以為此廩？Locate the unknown ↗「然則為天下何以為此廩？Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗『夫虛靜無為而無見也。』Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 為 × 5 以 × 5 曰 × 3 廩 × 3 何 × 2 此 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 天道第十三則為天下常。无為也，則用天下而有餘；有為也，則為天下用而不足。故古之人貴夫无為也。
老子 · 第六十九章者有言曰用兵者有言曰：吾不敢為主，而為客，吾不敢進寸，而退尺。是謂行無行，攘無臂，扔無敵，執無兵，禍莫大
莊子 · 天地第十二者有言曰「有人治道若相放，可不可，然不然。辯者有言曰，『離堅白若縣㝢。』若是則可謂聖人乎？」
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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.
- Source position
- KR3c0005_034.txt, lines 706–715. HF 34.16:04 [20]; jiaoshi 570; jishi 729; jiaozhu 451 shiping 1264
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