Zhuangzi · 讓王第二十八
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子列子窮，
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客有言之於鄭子陽者曰：Locate a relation ↗客有言之於鄭子陽者曰：Name the one, thing, or situation ↗君无乃為不好士乎？」Keep different negatives apart ↗君无乃為不好士乎？」Recognize a question or an exclamation ↗Watch recurrence: 子 × 6 之 × 4 列 × 3 有 × 3 窮 × 2 鄭 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二再拜而辭反國者眾矣。臣尚自惡也，而況於君？」再拜而辭。文公止之曰：「諺曰：『築社者，㩷撅而置之，端冕而祀之。』
韓非子 · 難二第三十七再拜而辭宮小，近市，請徙子家豫章之圃。」晏子再拜而辭曰：「且嬰家貧，待市食，而朝暮趨之，不可以遠。」
韓非子 · 解老第二十有道之士謂光者，〓#官爵尊貴，衣裘壯麗也。今有道之士，雖中外信順，不以誹謗窮墮；雖死節輕財，不以侮罷羞貪；雖義端不黨，不以去邪罪私；
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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_028.txt, lines 259–269. ZHUANG 28.6.1 Guo Qingfan 972; Wang Shumin 1133; Fang Yong 7i4; Chen Guying 753
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