Zhuangzi · 德充符第五
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哀公異日以告閔子曰：
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哀公異日以告閔子曰：Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗「始也吾以南面而君天下，Track speakers and addressees ↗「始也吾以南面而君天下，Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 吾 × 7 而 × 4 以 × 3 也 × 2 君 × 2 之 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 功名第二十八以南面而國家，而日月之名久著於天地。此堯之所以南面而守名，舜之所以北面而效功也。
莊子 · 養生主第三始也吾以始也吾以為其人也，而今非也。向吾入而弔焉，有老者哭之，如哭其子；少者哭之，如哭其母。彼其所以
莊子 · 德充符第五輕用吾身无趾曰：「吾唯不知務而輕用吾身，吾是以亡足。今吾來也，猶有尊足者存，吾是以務全之也。夫天无不覆，地无不載，吾以夫子
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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_005.txt, lines 359–369. ZHUANG 5.4.11 Guo Qingfan 216; Wang Shumin 190; Fang Yong 158; Chen Guying 157
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