Zhuangzi · 在宥第十一
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故賢者伏處大山嵁巖之下，
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故賢者伏處大山嵁巖之下，Follow an explicit inference ↗故賢者伏處大山嵁巖之下，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗而萬乘之君憂慄乎廟堂之上。Read the relationship between clauses ↗而萬乘之君憂慄乎廟堂之上。Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二廟堂之上故有術而御之，身坐於廟堂之上，有處女子之色，無害於治；無術而御之，身雖瘁臞，猶未有益。」
韓非子 · 愛臣第四萬乘之君有百乘之臣在其側，以徙其民而傾其國；萬乘之君無備，必有千乘之家在其側，以徙其威而傾其國。
孟子 · 公孫丑上萬乘之君不受於褐寬博，亦不受於萬乘之君；視刺萬乘之君，若刺褐夫；無嚴諸侯，惡聲至，必反之。
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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
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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 215–217. ZHUANG 11.2.8 Guo Qingfan 373; Wang Shumin 379; Fang Yong 279; Chen Guying 274
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