Zhuangzi · 田子方第二十一
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棄隸者若棄泥塗，
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棄隸者若棄泥塗，Build a conditional reading ↗知身貴於隸也，Locate a relation ↗貴在於我而不失於變。Read the relationship between clauses ↗貴在於我而不失於變。Keep different negatives apart ↗且萬化而未始有極也，Keep different negatives apart ↗夫孰足以患心！Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 於 × 3 棄 × 2 隸 × 2 者 × 2 貴 × 2 也 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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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_021.txt, lines 331–338. ZHUANG 21.4.12 Guo Qingfan 714; Wang Shumin 7i2; Fang Yong 563; Chen Guying 539
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