Zhuangzi · 則陽第二十五
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其窮也使家人忘其貧，
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其窮也使家人忘其貧，Notice a change in argument structure ↗其達也使王公忘爵祿而化卑。Read the relationship between clauses ↗其於物也，Locate a relation ↗Watch recurrence: 其 × 5 也 × 4 人 × 3 使 × 2 忘 × 2 而 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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荀子 · 君道篇第十二其於人也於禮，敬而安之；其於事也，徑而不失；其於人也，寡怨寬裕而無阿；其所為身也，謹脩飾而不危；其應變故也，齊給便捷而不惑；其於天地萬物
莊子 · 天下第三十三其於物也道觀惠施之能，其猶一蚊一䖟之勞者也。其於物也何庸！夫充一尚可，曰愈貴道，幾矣！
莊子 · 讓王第二十八其於人也者神農之有天下也，時祀盡敬而不祈喜；其於人也，忠信盡治而无求焉。
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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_025.txt, lines 70–80. ZHUANG 25.1.7 Guo Qingfan 878; Wang Shumin 998 ; Fang Yong 699; Chen Guying 668
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