Zhuangzi · 逍遙遊第一
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瞽者無以與乎文章之觀，
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瞽者無以與乎文章之觀，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗瞽者無以與乎文章之觀，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗瞽者無以與乎文章之觀，Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 也 × 4 以 × 3 瞽 × 2 者 × 2 無 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 梁惠王下鍾鼓之聲臣請為王言樂。今王鼓樂於此，百姓聞王鍾鼓之聲、管籥之音，舉疾首蹙頞而相告曰：『吾王之好鼓樂，夫何使我至於此極也？父子不相見，兄弟
孟子 · 梁惠王下鍾鼓之聲「今王鼓樂於此，百姓聞王鍾鼓之聲、管籥之音，舉欣欣然有喜色而相告曰：『吾王庶幾無疾病與，何以能鼓樂也？』
莊子 · 齊物論第二是其言也丘也與女，皆夢也；予謂女夢，亦夢也。是其言也，其名為弔詭。萬世之後而一遇大聖，知其解者，是旦暮遇之也。
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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 264–273. ZHUANG 1.2.8; Guo Qingfan 30; Wang Shumin 27; Fang Yong 20; Chen Guying 21
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