Zhuangzi · 外物第二十六
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大林丘山之善於人也，
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大林丘山之善於人也，Locate a relation ↗草木之到植者過半而不知其然。Read the relationship between clauses ↗草木之到植者過半而不知其然。Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗Watch recurrence: 乎 × 7 之 × 2 於 × 2 者 × 2 不 × 2 溢 × 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而不知其昭奚恤之用荊也，有燒倉廥窌者而不知其人。昭奚恤令吏執販茅者而問之，果燒也。
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二而不知其鄭縣人有得車軛者，而不知其名，問人曰：「此何種也？」對曰：「此車軛也。」俄又復得一。問人曰：「此是何種也？」
韓非子 · 難四第三十九而不知其，衛奚距然哉？則侏儒之未可見也。君壅而不知其壅也，已見之後而知其壅也，故退壅臣，是加知之也。
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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_026.txt, lines 383–395. ZHUANG 26.10.1 Guo Qingfan 942; Wang Shumin 1076; Fang Yong 749; Chen Guying 722
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