Zhuangzi · 達生第十九
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用志不分，乃凝於神
When attention is not divided, it becomes concentrated to a remarkable degree.
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孔子顧謂弟子曰：
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The practiced skill of catching cicadas described in the preceding story.
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Argument contrastFocus in an account and in a storyXunzi answers a question about knowing with receptivity, unity, and stillness; Zhuangzi’s statement emerges from a story of practiced cicada-catching. This editorial comparison connects accounts of attention without identifying their aims or treating either as modern experimental psychology.
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荀子 · 宥坐篇第二十八孔子顧謂坐之器者，虛則欹，中則正，滿則覆。」孔子顧謂弟子曰：「注水焉！」弟子挹水而注之，中而正，
韓非子 · 說林第二十二謂弟子曰美也；惡者自惡，吾不知其惡也。」楊子謂弟子曰：「行賢而去自賢之心，焉往而不美？」
韓非子 · 說林下第二十三謂弟子曰孔子謂弟子曰：「孰能導子西之釣名也？」子貢曰：「賜也能。」乃導之，不復疑也。孔子曰：「寬哉！不被
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- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
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- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
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- KR5c0126_019.txt, lines 188–191. ZHUANG 19.3.5 Guo Qingfan 641; Wang Shumin 677; Fang Yong 492; Chen Guying 472
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