Zhuangzi · 田子方第二十一
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55 Han characters · 34 distinct forms · 9 units separated by the witness’s punctuation
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夫子馳亦馳也者，
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而回瞠若乎後也者，Build a conditional reading ↗而不知所以然而已矣。」Focus on what an action concerns ↗而不知所以然而已矣。」Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 而 × 6 夫 × 3 子 × 3 也 × 3 言 × 3 不 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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論語 · 憲問篇第十四夫子不言子問公叔文子於公明賈曰：「信乎，夫子不言、不笑、不取乎？」
荀子 · 儒效篇第八不言而信故君子無爵而貴，無祿而富，不言而信，不怒而威，窮處而榮，獨居而樂，豈不至尊、至富、至重、至嚴之情舉積此哉！
荀子 · 富國篇第十然而已矣不然而已矣，有掎挈伺詐，權謀傾覆，以相顛倒，以靡敝之，
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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_021.txt, lines 178–187. ZHUANG 21.3.4 Guo Qingfan 706; Wang Shumin 774; Fang Yong 558; Chen Guying 533
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