Zhuangzi · 逍遙遊第一
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有魚焉
There is a fish there.
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53 Han characters · 38 distinct forms · 11 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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湯之問棘也是已。
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3 · Explain, then revisit
Which location does 焉 recover?
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The remote sea in the preceding description.
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荀子 · 正論篇第十八未有知其殺人者死，傷人者刑，是百王之所同也；未有知其所由來者也。
荀子 · 禮論篇第十九未有知其飾威也：是百王之所同，古今之所一也，未有知其所由來者也。
莊子 · 逍遙遊第一其名為鯤北冥有魚，其名為鯤。鯤之大，不知其幾千里也。化而為鳥，其名為鵬。鵬之背，不知其幾千里也；怒而飛，其翼若
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論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated本立而道生論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated吾日三省吾身論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated行有餘力，則以學文論語 · Recover what the text leaves unstated父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_001.txt, lines 114–124. ZHUANG 1.1.8; Guo Qingfan 14; Wang Shumin 15; Fang Yong 5; Chen Guying 11
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- Teaching
- zimai · AI-assisted editorial notes. English renderings are excerpt-level reading aids, not a full published translation. Editorial pilot · not independently reviewed.
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