Zhuangzi · 在宥第十一
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故舉天下以賞其善者不足，
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故舉天下以賞其善者不足，Follow an explicit inference ↗故舉天下以賞其善者不足，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗故舉天下以賞其善者不足，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗故舉天下以賞其善者不足，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗故舉天下以賞其善者不足，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 以 × 5 下 × 4 天 × 3 賞 × 3 其 × 3 者 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 解老第二十故天下之理者，必且有天生。天生也者，生心也，故天下之道盡之生也。
韓非子 · 內儲說上七術第三十不足以賞「事急，不及以賞。救火者盡賞之，則國不足以賞於人，請徒行罰。」哀公曰：「善。」
荀子 · 君道篇第十二故舉天下不為天下之顯諸侯，如是者，能愛人也。故舉天下之大道，立天下之大功，然後隱其所憐所愛，其下猶足以為天下之顯諸侯。故曰：「唯明主為能
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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_011.txt, lines 66–73. ZHUANG 11.1.5 Guo Qingfan 365; Wang Shumin 371; Fang Yong 274; Chen Guying 268
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