Zhuangzi · 天道第十三
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口不能言，
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有數存焉於其間。Locate a relation ↗臣不能以喻臣之子，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗是以行年七十而老斲輪。Follow an explicit inference ↗是以行年七十而老斲輪。Read the relationship between clauses ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 不 × 4 臣 × 4 能 × 3 於 × 2 其 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 梁惠王上古之人與靈臺，謂其沼曰靈沼，樂其有麋鹿魚鼈。古之人與民偕樂，故能樂也。
孟子 · 萬章上之子亦不丹朱之不肖，舜之子亦不肖。舜之相堯、禹之相舜也，歷年多，施澤於民久。啟賢，能敬承繼禹之道。益之相禹也，歷年
荀子 · 大略篇第二十七口不能言口能言之，身能行之，國寶也。口不能言，身能行之，國器也。口能言之，身不能行，國用也。口言善，身行惡，國祅也。
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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_013.txt, lines 703–710. ZHUANG 13.8.8 Guo Qingfan 491; Wang Shumin 498; Fang Yong 366; Chen Guying 358
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