Zhuangzi · 刻意第十五
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聖人之生也天行，
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韓非子 · 十過第十不得已而師曠不得已而鼓之。一奏之，有玄雲從西北方起；
韓非子 · 六反第四十六人之生也凡人之生也，財用足則隳於用力，上懦則肆於為非。財用足而力作者，神農也；上治懦而行脩者，曾、史也
老子 · 第三十一章不得已而。故兵者、不祥之器也，非君子之器也，不得已而用之，恬澹為上，勝而不美，而美之者，是樂殺人也。夫樂殺人者，則不可以得志於天下矣。
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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_015.txt, lines 96–105. ZHUANG 15.2.2 Guo Qingfan 539; Wang Shumin 556; Fang Yong 411; Chen Guying 396
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