Zhuangzi · 徐无鬼第二十四
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黃帝又問。
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亦奚以異乎牧馬者哉！Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗亦奚以異乎牧馬者哉！Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗亦去其害馬者而已矣！」Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗亦去其害馬者而已矣！」Read the relationship between clauses ↗亦去其害馬者而已矣！」Hear explanation and a changed situation ↗Watch recurrence: 者 × 3 小 × 2 童 × 2 亦 × 2 馬 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 應帝王第七者而已矣正而後行，確乎能其事者而已矣。且鳥高飛以避矰弋之害，鼷鼠深穴乎神丘之下以避熏鑿之患，而曾二蟲之无知！」
莊子 · 徐无鬼第二十四為天下者小童曰：「夫為天下者，亦若此而已矣，又奚事焉！予少而自遊於六合之內，予適有瞀病，有長者教予曰：『若乘日之
莊子 · 徐无鬼第二十四為天下者黃帝曰：「夫為天下者，則誠非吾子之事。雖然，請問為天下。」
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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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- KR5c0126_024.txt, lines 284–289. ZHUANG 24.3.8 Guo Qingfan i33; Wang Shumin 932; Fang Yong 665; Chen Guying 634
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