Zhuangzi · 盜跖第二十九
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有餘故辭之，
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棄天下而不自以為廉。Read the relationship between clauses ↗棄天下而不自以為廉。Keep different negatives apart ↗棄天下而不自以為廉。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 以 × 4 之 × 3 天 × 3 而 × 3 不 × 3 有 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 說林下第二十三棄天下而許由逃之，舍於家人，家人藏其皮冠。夫棄天下而家人藏其皮冠，是不知許由者也。
韓非子 · 六反第四十六天子而不故桀貴在天子而不足於尊，富有四海之內而不足於寶。君人者雖足民，不能足使為天子，而桀未必以為天子為足也
孟子 · 離婁上下而不以國君好仁，天下無敵。』今也欲無敵於天下而不以仁，是猶執熱而不以濯也。《詩》云：『誰能執熱，逝不以濯？』」
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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_029.txt, lines 745–753. ZHUANG 29.3.10 Guo Qingfan 1011; Wang Shumin 1207; Fang Yong i24; Chen Guying 798
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