Zhuangzi · 漁父第三十一
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子路旁車而問曰：
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未嘗見夫子遇人如此其威也。Keep different negatives apart ↗未嘗見夫子遇人如此其威也。Identify who undergoes the action ↗未嘗見夫子遇人如此其威也。Track whose, which, and whose perspective ↗Watch recurrence: 子 × 4 夫 × 3 之 × 3 未 × 2 嘗 × 2 見 × 2. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 愛臣第四千乘之君臣聞千乘之君無備，必有百乘之臣在其側，以徙其民而傾其國；萬乘之君無備，必有千乘之家在其側，以徙其
韓非子 · 備內第十七千乘之君且萬乘之主，千乘之君，后妃、夫人適子為太子者，或有欲其君之蚤死者。
韓非子 · 說林第二十二千乘之君以子為我上客，千乘之君也；以子為我使者，萬乘之卿也。子不如為我舍人。」田成子因負傳而隨之。至逆旅，逆旅之君
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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_031.txt, lines 427–435. ZHUANG 31.2.14 Guo Qingfan 1034; Wang Shumin 1246; Fang Yong i44; Chen Guying i24
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