Zhuangzi · 人間世第四
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53 Han characters · 45 distinct forms · 10 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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匠石之齊，
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其高臨山十仞而後有枝，Read the relationship between clauses ↗其可以為舟者旁十數。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗其可以為舟者旁十數。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 其 × 3 匠 × 2 之 × 2 數 × 2 十 × 2 者 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四其可以為長者有言曰：『夫虛靜無為而無見也。』其可以為此廩乎！」
荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三其可以為正之質，皆有可以能仁義法正之具；然則其可以為禹明矣。
荀子 · 性惡篇第二十三其可以為，本夫仁義之可知之理、可能之具，然則其可以為禹明矣。
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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_004.txt, lines 567–577. ZHUANG 4.4.1 Guo Qingfan 170; Wang Shumin 150; Fang Yong 131; Chen Guying 131
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