Zhuangzi · 天地第十二
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「是胥易技係勞形怵心者也。
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「是胥易技係勞形怵心者也。Name the one, thing, or situation ↗而所不能聞與而所不能言。Read the relationship between clauses ↗而所不能聞與而所不能言。Focus on what an action concerns ↗而所不能聞與而所不能言。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 2 而 × 2 所 × 2 不 × 2 能 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 儒效篇第八所不能言所不能聽也，明目之所不能見也，辯士之所不能言也，雖有聖人之知，未能僂指也，
莊子 · 應帝王第七胥易技係老聃曰：「是於聖人也，胥易技係，勞形怵心者也。且也虎豹之文來田，猨狙之便執斄之狗來藉。如是者，可比明王乎？」
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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_012.txt, lines 412–419. ZHUANG 12.9.2 Guo Qingfan 427; Wang Shumin 437; Fang Yong 320; Chen Guying 312
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