Zhuangzi · 大宗師第六
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若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，
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若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，Build a conditional reading ↗若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，Locate a relation ↗若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，Read the relationship between clauses ↗若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，Keep different negatives apart ↗若夫藏天下於天下而不得所遯，Focus on what an action concerns ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 而 × 4 人 × 3 若 × 2 天 × 2 下 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 天論篇第十七於物之所？思物而物之，孰與理物而勿失之也？願於物之所以生，孰與有物之所以成？故錯人而思天，則失萬物之情。
孟子 · 離婁上於天下而。夫國君好仁，天下無敵。』今也欲無敵於天下而不以仁，是猶執熱而不以濯也。《詩》云：『誰能執熱，逝不以濯？』」
孟子 · 盡心上於天下而，以安社稷為悅者也；有天民者，達可行於天下而後行之者也；有大人者，正己而物正者也。」
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0126_006.txt, lines 231–239. ZHUANG 6.2.5 Guo Qingfan 243; Wang Shumin 223; Fang Yong 1i2; Chen Guying 178
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