Zhuangzi · 達生第十九
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若夫以鳥養養鳥者，
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若夫以鳥養養鳥者，Build a conditional reading ↗若夫以鳥養養鳥者，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗若夫以鳥養養鳥者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 以 × 5 若 × 2 鳥 × 2 養 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 大宗師第六彼又惡能芒然彷徨乎塵垢之外，逍遙乎无為之業。彼又惡能憒憒然為世俗之禮，以觀眾人之耳目哉！」
莊子 · 至樂第十八以鳥養養此以己養養鳥也，非以鳥養養鳥也。夫以鳥養養鳥者，宜栖之深林，遊之壇陸，浮之江湖，食之鰌䱔，隨行列而止，委蛇而處
莊子 · 達生第十九以至人之扁子曰：「向者休來，吾告之以至人之德，吾恐其驚而遂至於惑也。」
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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_019.txt, lines 694–704. ZHUANG 19.13.8 Guo Qingfan 666; Wang Shumin 714; Fang Yong 511; Chen Guying 495
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