Zhuangzi · 天地第十二
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為圃者忿然作色而笑曰：
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為圃者忿然作色而笑曰：Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗為圃者忿然作色而笑曰：Name the one, thing, or situation ↗為圃者忿然作色而笑曰：Read the relationship between clauses ↗機心存於胸中，Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 機 × 5 有 × 4 者 × 3 不 × 3 吾 × 2 必 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 天地第十二神生不定神生不定者，道之所不載也。吾非不知，羞而不為也。」
莊子 · 外物第二十六忿然作色莊周忿然作色曰：「周昨來，有中道而呼者。周顧視，車轍中有鮒魚焉。周問之曰：『鮒魚來，子何為者邪？
莊子 · 外物第二十六忿然作色之王，激西江之水而迎子，可乎？』鮒魚忿然作色曰：『吾失我常與，我无所處。吾得斗升之水然活耳，君乃言此，曾不如早索我於枯魚之肆！』
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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 527–536. ZHUANG 12.11.4 Guo Qingfan 433; Wang Shumin 444; Fang Yong 325; Chen Guying 318
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