Zhuangzi · 庚桑楚第二十三
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吾聞至人，
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而百姓猖狂不知所如往。Read the relationship between clauses ↗而百姓猖狂不知所如往。Keep different negatives apart ↗而百姓猖狂不知所如往。Focus on what an action concerns ↗今以畏壘之細民而竊竊焉欲俎豆予于賢人之閒，Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗今以畏壘之細民而竊竊焉欲俎豆予于賢人之閒，Resolve “there”, “in this”, or a final particle ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 5 人 × 3 吾 × 2 而 × 2 不 × 2 以 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 內儲說下六微第三十一老聃之言其說在老聃之言失魚也。是以人主久語，而左右鬻懷刷。其患在胥僮之諫厲公，與州侯之一言，而燕人浴矢也。
韓非子 · 十過第十吾是以不吾君召晉公子，其遇之無禮。我與在前，吾是以不樂。」
韓非子 · 外儲說右上第三十四吾是以不，其心不在衛，雖辨智，亦不為寡人用，吾是以不相也。」
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR5c0126_023.txt, lines 55–61. ZHUANG 23.1.4 Guo Qingfan 771; Wang Shumin 856; Fang Yong 624; Chen Guying 592
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