Zhuangzi · 盜跖第二十九
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柳下季曰：
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「先生言為人父者必能詔其子，Distinguish doing, being, and acting for ↗「先生言為人父者必能詔其子，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗「先生言為人父者必能詔其子，Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗若子不聽父之詔，Build a conditional reading ↗若子不聽父之詔，Keep different negatives apart ↗將奈之何哉！Locate the unknown ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 4 先 × 2 生 × 2 為 × 2 人 × 2 父 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 盜跖第二十九為人父者孔子謂柳下季曰：「夫為人父者，必能詔其子；為人兄者，必能教其弟。若父不能詔其子，兄不能教其弟，則无貴父子兄弟之親
莊子 · 盜跖第二十九柳下季曰不能出氣。歸到魯東門外，適遇柳下季。柳下季曰：「今者闕然數日不見，車馬有行色，得微往見跖邪？」
莊子 · 盜跖第二十九柳下季曰柳下季曰：「跖得无逆汝意若前乎？」
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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_029.txt, lines 62–70. ZHUANG 29.1.5 Guo Qingfan 991; Wang Shumin 1171; Fang Yong 808; Chen Guying 776
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