Zhuangzi · 知北遊第二十二
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有先天地生者物邪？
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有先天地生者物邪？Name the one, thing, or situation ↗物出不得先物也，Keep different negatives apart ↗亦乃取於是者也。」Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 物 × 8 也 × 5 者 × 4 有 × 3 先 × 2 猶 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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老子 · 第二十五章先天地生有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，獨立而不改，周行而不殆。可以為天下母。吾不知其名，字之曰道，吾強為之名曰
莊子 · 則陽第二十五聖人之愛聖人之愛人也，人與之名，不告則不知其愛人也。若知之，若不知之，若聞之，若不聞之，其愛人也終无
莊子 · 大宗師第六先天地生極之先而不為高，在六極之下而不為深，先天地生而不為久，長於上古而不為老。狶韋氏得之，以挈天地；伏戲得之，以襲氣母；
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- 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_022.txt, lines 741–748. ZHUANG 22.11.6 Guo Qingfan 762; Wang Shumin i44; Fang Yong 613; Chen Guying 585
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