Zhuangzi · 秋水第十七
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萬物一齊，
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孰短孰長？Locate the unknown ↗是所以語大義之方，Focus on what an action concerns ↗是所以語大義之方，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 不 × 4 物 × 3 一 × 3 萬 × 2 孰 × 2 終 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 揚權第八終則有始因天之道，反形之理，督參鞠之，終則有始。虛以靜後，未嘗用己。凡上之患，必同其端；信而勿同，萬民一從。
荀子 · 解蔽篇第二十一物之理也凡以知，人之性也；可以知，物之理也。以可以知人之性，求可以知物之理而無所疑止之，則沒世窮年不能徧也。
韓非子 · 解老第二十萬物之理萬物各異理，而道盡稽萬物之理，故不得不化；不得不化，故無常操。無常操，是以死生氣稟焉，萬智斟酌焉，萬事廢興焉。
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_017.txt, lines 363–375. ZHUANG 17.1.31 Guo Qingfan 5i4; Wang Shumin 605; Fang Yong 436; Chen Guying 424
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