Zhuangzi · 徐无鬼第二十四
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「夫為天下者，
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孟子 · 萬章下此而已矣然終於此而已矣。弗與共天位也，弗與治天職也，弗與食天祿也，士之尊賢者也，非王公之尊賢也。
孟子 · 盡心上此而已矣曰：「無為其所不為，無欲其所不欲，如此而已矣。」
莊子 · 齊物論第二六合之內六合之外，聖人存而不論；六合之內，聖人論而不議。《春秋》經世，先王之志，聖人議而不辯。故分也者，有不分也；辯也者，有
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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_024.txt, lines 257–266. ZHUANG 24.3.5 Guo Qingfan i32; Wang Shumin 932; Fang Yong 664; Chen Guying 633
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