Zhuangzi · 齊物論第二
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彼亦一是非，此亦一是非
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61 Han characters · 31 distinct forms · 11 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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彼亦一是非，
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莊子 · 齊物論第二莫若以明而非其所是。欲是其所非而非其所是，則莫若以明。
莊子 · 則陽第二十五得其環中冉相氏得其環中以隨成，與物无終无始，无幾无時。日與物化者，一不化者也，闔嘗舍之！夫師天而不得師天，
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論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading巧言令色，鮮矣仁論語 · Track speakers and addressees吾日三省吾身論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading道之以政，齊之以刑Edition, source, and reuse
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- 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_002.txt, lines 283–293. ZHUANG 2.3.8; Guo Qingfan 66; Wang Shumin 58; Fang Yong 50; Chen Guying:54; A.C. Graham 1981: 53
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