Zhuangzi · 逍遙遊第一
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奚以知其然也
By what can one know that it is so?
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小知不及大知，
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韓非子 · 初見秦第一知其然也日慎一日。苟慎其道，天下可有。」何以知其然也？
韓非子 · 十過第十知其然也二君曰：「我知其然也。雖然，知伯之為人也麤中而少親。我謀而覺，則其禍必至矣。為之柰何？」
韓非子 · 說疑第四十四知其然也彼曰：「何知其然也？」因曰：「舜偪堯，禹偪舜，湯放桀，武王伐紂。此四王者，人臣弒其君者也，而天下譽之。
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論語 · Notice an object before its verb未之有也論語 · Track whose, which, and whose perspective父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Locate the unknown其斯之謂與論語 · Notice an object before its verb不患人之不己知Edition, source, and reuse
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- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
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- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0126_001.txt, lines 92–97. ZHUANG 1.1.6; Guo Qingfan 9; Wang Shumin 12; Fang Yong 5; Chen Guying 10
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