Zhuangzi · 在宥第十一
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故君子不得已而臨莅天下，
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故君子不得已而臨莅天下，Follow an explicit inference ↗故君子不得已而臨莅天下，Keep different negatives apart ↗故君子不得已而臨莅天下，Read the relationship between clauses ↗无為也而後安其性命之情。Locate the unknown ↗无為也而後安其性命之情。Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗Watch recurrence: 天 × 3 下 × 3 為 × 3 故 × 2 而 × 2 无 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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老子 · 第十三章故貴以身者，為吾有身也。及吾無身，吾有何患？故貴以身為天下，若可寄天下。愛以身為天下，若可託天下。
荀子 · 勸學篇第一故君子不言而不言謂之隱，不觀氣色而言謂之瞽。故君子不傲、不隱、不瞽，謹慎其身。
荀子 · 不苟篇第三故君子不約而事彌大。五寸之矩，盡天下之方也。故君子不下室堂而海內之情舉積此者，則操術然也。
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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_011.txt, lines 121–126. ZHUANG 11.1.11 Guo Qingfan 369; Wang Shumin 375; Fang Yong 275; Chen Guying 271
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