Zhuangzi · 徐无鬼第二十四
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則其解之也似不解之者，
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則其解之也似不解之者，Follow a condition and its consequence ↗則其解之也似不解之者，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗則其解之也似不解之者，Keep different negatives apart ↗則其解之也似不解之者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 6 有 × 5 不 × 5 也 × 4 知 × 4 其 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 難三第三十八而後知之產之治，不亦多事乎？姦必待耳目之所及而後知之，則鄭國之得姦者寡矣。
孟子 · 萬章下不可以有貴，不挾兄弟而友。友也者，友其德也，不可以有挾也。孟獻子、
荀子 · 正論篇第十八不可以有故可以有奪國，不可以有奪（人）天下；可以有竊國，不可以有竊天下也。（可以）奪之者可以有國，而不可以有天下；
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_024.txt, lines 937–946. ZHUANG 24.15.4 Guo Qingfan 871; Wang Shumin 989 ; Fang Yong 690; Chen Guying 663
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