Zhuangzi · 天地第十二
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「始吾夫子以為天下一人耳，
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「始吾夫子以為天下一人耳，Track speakers and addressees ↗「始吾夫子以為天下一人耳，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗「始吾夫子以為天下一人耳，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗不知復有夫人也。Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 夫 × 3 人 × 3 吾 × 2 子 × 2 之 × 2 求 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 揚權第八聖人之道聖人之道，去智與巧；智巧不去，難以為常。民人用之，其身多殃；主上用之，其國危亡。
老子 · 第八十一章聖人之道既以與人己愈多。故天之道、利而不害，聖人之道、為而弗爭。
孟子 · 滕文公下聖人之道「堯舜既沒，聖人之道衰，暴君代作，壞宮室以為汙池，民無所安息；棄田以為園囿，使民不得衣食。邪說暴行又作，
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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 591–598. ZHUANG 12.11.12 Guo Qingfan 436; Wang Shumin 450; Fang Yong 326; Chen Guying 319
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