Zhuangzi · 人間世第四
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葉公子高將使於齊，
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葉公子高將使於齊，Locate a relation ↗蓋將甚敬而不急。Keep different negatives apart ↗匹夫猶未可動也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 使 × 3 將 × 2 於 × 2 齊 × 2 諸 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 萬章下而況諸侯曰：「為其多聞也，則天子不召師，而況諸侯乎？為其賢也，則吾未聞欲見賢而召之也。
韓非子 · 難三第三十八葉公子高葉公子高問政於仲尼，仲尼曰：「政在悅近而來遠。」哀公問政於仲尼，仲尼曰：「政在選賢。」齊景公
荀子 · 非相篇第五葉公子高葉公子高微小短瘠，行若將不勝其衣。然白公之亂也，令尹子西、司馬子期皆死焉；葉公子高入據楚，誅
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0126_004.txt, lines 326–333. ZHUANG 4.2.1; Guo Qingfan 152; Wang Shumin 136; Fang Yong 122; Chen Guying 123
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