Zhuangzi · 齊物論第二
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47 Han characters · 21 distinct forms · 10 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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齧缺問乎王倪曰：
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「子知物之所同是乎？」Focus on what an action concerns ↗「吾惡乎知之！」Track speakers and addressees ↗「子知子之所不知邪？」Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 知 × 7 乎 × 5 之 × 5 曰 × 4 子 × 3 吾 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 榮辱篇第四子之所不不見敬者，好剸行也：此小人之所務而君子之所不為也。
莊子 · 大宗師第六之所不知；知人之所為者，以其知之所知以養其知之所不知，終其天年而不中道夭者，是知之盛也。
莊子 · 庚桑楚第二十三之所不知知者，接也；知者，謨也；知者之所不知，猶睨也。動以不得已之謂德，動無非我之謂治，名相反而實相順也。
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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_002.txt, lines 561–569. ZHUANG 2.6.3; Guo Qingfan 91; Wang Shumin 78; Fang Yong 72; Chen Guying:80
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