Zhuangzi · 在宥第十一
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神動而天隨,
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從容无為而萬物炊累焉。Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗吾又何暇治天下哉!Track speakers and addressees ↗吾又何暇治天下哉!Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 2 天 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 天地第十二无為而萬故曰:「古之畜天下者,无欲而天下足,无為而萬物化,淵靜而百姓定。」
莊子 · 天地第十二何暇治天墮汝形骸,而庶幾乎!而身之不能治,而何暇治天下乎!子往矣,无乏吾事!」
莊子 · 讓王第二十八暇治天下雖然,我適有幽憂之病,方且治之,未暇治天下也。」夫天下至重也,而不以害其生,又況他物乎!唯无以天下為者,可以託天下也。
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- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
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- 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 139–142. ZHUANG 11.1.13 Guo Qingfan 369; Wang Shumin 375; Fang Yong 275; Chen Guying 271
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