Zhuangzi · 逍遙遊第一
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夫子立而天下治，
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韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二而天下治若曰：「昔者舜鼓五絃，歌《南風》之詩而天下治。今以單父之細也，治之而憂，治天下將柰何乎？
論語 · 泰伯篇第八而天下治舜有臣五人而天下治。武王曰：「予有亂臣十人。」孔子曰：「才難，不其然乎？唐、虞之際，於斯為盛。有婦人焉
荀子 · 儒效篇第八而天下治海，則天下應之如讙。是何也？則貴名白而天下治也。故近者歌謳而樂之，遠者竭蹶而趨之，四海之內若一家，通達之屬莫不從服，
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- 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 202–205. ZHUANG 1.2.2; Guo Qingfan 22; Wang Shumin 21; Fang Yong 18; Chen Guying 18
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