Zhuangzi · 大宗師第六
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庸詎知夫造物者之不息我黥而補我劓，
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庸詎知夫造物者之不息我黥而補我劓，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗庸詎知夫造物者之不息我黥而補我劓，Keep different negatives apart ↗庸詎知夫造物者之不息我黥而補我劓，Read the relationship between clauses ↗使我乘成以隨先生邪？」Notice a change in argument structure ↗使我乘成以隨先生邪？」Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 我 × 4 知 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 存韓第二未可知也今使臣不通，則韓之信未可知也。夫秦必釋趙之患而移兵於韓，願陛下幸復察圖之，而賜臣報決。」
韓非子 · 說林第二十二未可知也也，無可為者矣。今季孫乃始血，其毋乃未可知也。」吳起因去之晉。
韓非子 · 內儲說下六微第三十一未可知也「此何也？」無極曰：「君殆，去之！事未可知也。」令尹大怒，舉兵而誅郄宛，遂殺之。
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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 713–716. ZHUANG 6.8.4 Guo Qingfan 280; Wang Shumin 258; Fang Yong 204; Chen Guying 202
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