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駢拇枝指，
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而侈於德。Locate a relation ↗多方乎仁義而用之者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗而非道德之正也。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 4 乎 × 3 哉 × 3 於 × 3 出 × 2 性 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 富國篇第十而用之者後用之者，保社稷矣。不利而利之、不愛而用之者，危國家也。
荀子 · 君道篇第十二而用之者然而用之者，夫文王欲立貴道，欲白貴名，以惠天下，而不可以獨也，非是子莫足以舉之，故舉是子而用之
莊子 · 大宗師第六附贅縣疣彼以生為附贅縣疣，以死為決𤴯潰癰，夫若然者，又惡知死生先後之所在！假於異物，託於同體；忘其肝膽，遺
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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_008.txt, lines 19–27. ZHUANG 8.1.1 Guo Qingfan 311; Wang Shumin 308; Fang Yong 233; Chen Guying 231
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