Zhuangzi · 秋水第十七
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「且夫知不知是非之竟，
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「且夫知不知是非之竟，Keep different negatives apart ↗「且夫知不知是非之竟，Keep different negatives apart ↗而猶欲觀於莊子之言，Read the relationship between clauses ↗而猶欲觀於莊子之言，Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 知 × 4 不 × 3 是 × 3 且 × 2 夫 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 榮辱篇第四不知是非者，有士君子之勇者：爭飲食，無廉恥，不知是非，不辟死傷，不畏眾彊，恈恈然惟（利）飲食之見，是狗彘之勇者也。
荀子 · 非十二子篇第六不知是非天下，欺惑愚眾，矞宇嵬瑣，使天下混然不知是非治亂之所存者，有人矣。
莊子 · 應帝王第七使蚊負山是欺德也；其於治天下也，猶涉海鑿河而使蚊負山也。夫聖人之治也，治外乎？
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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.
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- KR5c0126_017.txt, lines 634–641. ZHUANG 17.4.7 Guo Qingfan 601; Wang Shumin 627; Fang Yong 453; Chen Guying 435
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