Zhuangzi · 大宗師第六
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50 Han characters · 33 distinct forms · 8 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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今一犯人之形，
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夫造化者必以為不祥之人。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗夫造化者必以為不祥之人。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗夫造化者必以為不祥之人。Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗夫造化者必以為不祥之人。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 人 × 4 以 × 3 為 × 3 今 × 2 一 × 2 之 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 不苟篇第三天地為大天地為大矣，不誠則不能化萬物；聖人為知矣，不誠則不能化萬民；父子為親矣，不誠則䟽；
莊子 · 齊物論第二惡乎往而惡乎隱而有真偽？言惡乎隱而有是非？道惡乎往而不存？言惡乎存而不可？
莊子 · 大宗師第六犯人之形於天下而不得所遯，是恆物之大情也。特犯人之形而猶喜之。若人之形者，萬化而未始有極也，其為樂可勝計邪！故聖人將遊於物之所不得遯而皆
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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_006.txt, lines 495–502. ZHUANG 6.5.10 Guo Qingfan 262; Wang Shumin 246; Fang Yong 194; Chen Guying 189
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