Zhuangzi · 德充符第五
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68 Han characters · 35 distinct forms · 11 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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闉跂支離无脤說衛靈公，
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故德有所長而形有所忘，Follow an explicit inference ↗故德有所長而形有所忘，Focus on what an action concerns ↗人不忘其所忘而忘其所不忘，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 忘 × 6 說 × 4 公 × 4 而 × 4 其 × 4 肩 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 安危第二十五而忘其所如此，則人失其所以樂生，而忘其所以重死。人不樂生則人主不尊，不重死則令不行也。
莊子 · 至樂第十八而形有所可以汲深。』夫若是者，以為命有所成，而形有所適也，
莊子 · 知北遊第二十二而忘其所屈曰：「唉！予知之，將語若。」中欲言而忘其所欲言。
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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 373–385. ZHUANG 5.5.1 Guo Qingfan 216; Wang Shumin 197; Fang Yong 163; Chen Guying 162
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