Zhuangzi · 大宗師第六
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在太極之先而不為高，
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在太極之先而不為高，Read the relationship between clauses ↗在太極之先而不為高，Keep different negatives apart ↗長於上古而不為老。Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 而 × 4 不 × 4 為 × 4 在 × 2 極 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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老子 · 第二十五章先天地生有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，獨立而不改，周行而不殆。可以為天下母。吾不知其名，字之曰道，吾強為之名曰
莊子 · 大宗師第六而不為老而不為義，澤及萬世而不為仁，長於上古而不為老，覆載天地刻彫眾形而不為巧，此所遊已。」
莊子 · 天道第十三長於上古𩐋萬物而不為戾，澤及萬世而不為仁，長於上古而不為壽，覆載天地刻彫眾形而不為巧，此之謂天樂。
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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 264–271. ZHUANG 6.3.2 Guo Qingfan 247; Wang Shumin 230; Fang Yong 185; Chen Guying 1i1
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