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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Xu Wu-gui -> 9

南伯子綦隱几而坐，	Nan-bo Zi-qi was seated, leaning forward on his stool,
仰天而噓。	and sighing gently as he looked up to heaven.
顏成子入見曰：	(Just then) Yan Cheng-zi came in, and said, when he saw him,
「夫子，	'Master,
物之尤也。	you surpass all others.
形固可使若槁骸，	Is it right to make your body thus like a mass of withered bones,
心固可使若死灰乎？」	and your mind like so much slaked lime?'
曰：	The other said,
「吾嘗居山穴之中矣。	'I formerly lived in a grotto on a hill.
當是時也，	At that time
田禾一覩我，	Tian He once came to see me,
而齊國之眾三賀之。	and all the multitudes of Qi congratulated him thrice (on his having found the proper man).
我必先之，	I must first have shown myself,
彼故知之；	and so it was that he knew me;
我必賣之，	I must first have been selling (what I had),
彼故鬻之。	and so it was that he came to buy.
若我而不有之，	If I had not shown what I possessed,
彼惡得而知之？	how should he have known it;
若我而不賣之，	if I had not been selling (myself),
彼惡得而鬻之？	how should he have come to buy me?
嗟乎！我悲人之自喪者，	I pity the men who lose themselves;
吾又悲夫悲人者，	I also pity the men who pity others (for not being known);
吾又悲夫悲人之悲者，	and I also pity the men who pity the men who pity those that pity others.
其後而日遠矣。」	But since then the time is long gone by; (and so I am in the state in which you have found me).

Character	Composition	Variants	Reading	Meaning	Hanyu	Kangxi	Cihai
南伯子綦	十+7 人+5 子+0 糸+8	𡴖𡴟㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只𥾟	nán bó zǐ qí ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄛˊ ㄗˇ ㄑㄧˊ	Same as 「南郭子綦」 nán guō zǐ qí ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛㄗˇ ㄑㄧˊ: [人名] [Name of a person]	v1,p0065#02 v1,p0136#02 v2,p1006#06 v5,p3409#06	p.157#05 p.96#16 p.277#01 p.926#41	p.217r3c01 p.93r5c03 p.395r1c01 p.1049r3c02
隱	阜+14	𤔌乚隐	yǐn yìn ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˋ	hide, conceal; hidden, secret	v6,p4162#09	p.1362#15	p.1435r1c01
几	几+0	幾	jī jǐ ㄐㄧㄐㄧˇ	small table	v1,p0275#19	p.133#57	p.170r4c01
而	而+0		ér ㄦˊ	Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle.	v4,p2810#01	p.961#18	p.1080r2c03
			néng ㄋㄥˊ	Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent.
坐	土+4	座㘸	zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ	sit; seat; ride, travel by	v1,p0423#12	p.225#15	p.317r1c01
仰	人+4		yǎng yàng áng ㄧㄤˇ ㄧㄤˋ ㄤˊ	raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire	v1,p0125#03	p.94#08	p.88r2c04
天	大+1	𠀡𠀘𦴞兲靝𠕹	tiān ㄊㄧㄢ	sky, heaven; god, celestial	v1,p0522#01	p.248#04	p.358r4c01
噓	口+11	嘘	xū ㄒㄩ	exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise, flatter; lie	v1,p0675#12	p.209#15	p.290r2c06
顏成子	頁+9 戈+2 子+0	颜𢦩㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	yán chéng zǐ ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄗˇ	Same as 「顏成子游」 yán chéng zǐ yóu ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄧㄡˊ: 南郭子綦的學生。 Yan-cheng Zi-you, a student of Nan-guo Zi-qi.	v7,p4383#10 v2,p1399#01 v2,p1006#06	p.1407#05 p.411#11 p.277#01	p.1479r3c04 p.395r1c01
入	入+0		rù ㄖㄨˋ	Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within.	v1,p0102#01	p.125#32	p.141r1c03
見	見+0	現见	jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ	See, catch sight of. / Feel, perceive. / Meet, come across. / Meet with, see. / Meet in battle. / Go to see. / Have come to see, have visit. / Grant an interview. / Recommend, introduce. / Introduce, present. / Hear. / Know, understand. / Experience, insight. / Intent, plan. / Used before a verb to indicate passive tense. / Used before a verb to indicate one is the receipient of anothers actions. / Particle used after a verb to indicate simultaneous action. / Coffin clothes. / Mix, mingle.	v6,p3663#01	p.1133#01	p.1229r1c01
			xiàn ㄒㄧㄢˋ	Appear, become visible. / Manifest, make evident. / Now, at present. / Existing, ready prepared.
曰	曰+0		yuē ㄩㄝ	(1) 說。 Say, speak.	v2,p1482#02	p.502#01	p.648r3c03
夫子	大+1 子+0	㜽𢀈𢀉𡐫𣕓只	fū zǐ ㄈㄨㄗˇ	(1) 古代對男子的尊稱。 Respectful term for a man.	v1,p0521#01 v2,p1006#06	p.248#11 p.277#01	p.367r2c01 p.395r1c01
物	牛+4		wù ㄨˋ	thing, substance, creature	v3,p1805#03	p.699#09	p.869r5c01
之	丿+3	㞢	zhī ㄓ	Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning.	v1,p0043#01	p.82#04	p.47r2c02
尤	尢+1	怣	yóu ㄧㄡˊ	especially, particularly	v1,p0551#14	p.298#03	p.444r5c06
也	乙+2	𠃟匜	yě ㄧㄝˇ	Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause.	v1,p0050#05	p.84#04	p.55r1c01
形	彡+4		xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ	Body, thing with form. / Human body. / Form, appearance. / Lay of the land. / Circumstances. / Condition, situation. / Form, create. / Exhibit, show. / Compare. / Mould, die. / Same as 「刑(4.1)」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Law, rules of punishment. / Same as 「鉶」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Porcelain soup bowl.	v2,p0852#10	p.363#06	p.507r4c01
固	囗+5	怘	gù ㄍㄨˋ	to become solid, solidify; strength	v1,p0716#09	p.218#03	p.302r5c04
可	口+2	歌厥	kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ	may, can, -able; possibly	v1,p0567#07	p.172#12	p.244r1c02
使	人+6	𡥐𠭆	shǐ ㄕˇ	Order, send (on a mission). / Cause, make. / Allocate, use. / Indulge in.. / Send as an envoy. / Envoy, messenger. / Connective: if, supposing.	v1,p0145#02	p.101#05	p.101r3c03
若	艸+5	若𦱡𦱶𧁇	ruò ㄖㄨㄛˋ	Iris. / Same as 「北海若」 běi hǎi ruò ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ: Ruo, a god of the Northern Sea. / Go by, accord with. / Choose. / Like, similar to. / Identical, the same. / As good as, comparable to. / To, arrive at. / You, your. / This way, like this. / Regarding, as regards. / If, should it be the case. / Or, alternatively. / But, yet. / Adjectival suffix.	v5,p3187#07	p.1023#12	p.1130r1c03
槁	木+10		gǎo kào gāo ㄍㄠˇ ㄎㄠˋ ㄍㄠ	wither; withered, rotten, dead	v2,p1267#08	p.545#17	p.713r1c02
骸	骨+6	䠹	hái gāi ㄏㄞˊ ㄍㄞ	skeleton, body; leg bone	v7,p4412#01	p.1448#50	p.1513r2c06
心	心+0	㣺忄	xīn ㄒㄧㄣ	heart; mind, intelligence; soul	v4,p2267#01	p.375#01	p.521r1c01
死	歹+2	𠑾𣥴	sǐ ㄙˇ	die; dead; death	v2,p1380#06	p.578#22	p.740r6c06
灰	火+2	灰	huī ㄏㄨㄟ	ashes; dust; lime, mortar	v3,p2188#04	p.665#09	p.842r6c02
乎	丿+4	虖	hū ㄏㄨ	(1.1) 語氣詞：表示疑問或反問，相當於「嗎」或「呢」。 Modal particle expressing questioning or a rhetorical question.	v1,p0036#08	p.82#07	p.47r3c03
吾	口+4	𠮣	wú ㄨˊ	(1) 第一人稱代詞。 First person pronoun: I, we.	v1,p0585#13	p.180#03	p.260r5c01
嘗	口+11	甞𨡔𠹉尝	cháng ㄔㄤˊ	taste; experience, experiment	v2,p1529#09	p.206#09	p.289r3c03
居	尸+5	㞐㝒	jū ㄐㄩ	Sit down. / Wait. / Live, dwell. / Dwelling, residence. / Tomb. / Rank, position occupied. / Person occupying the rank of ruler. / Live peacefully. / Usually, normally. / Located in. / Defend (a post), guard (a region). / Remain behind to handle matters. / Have, possess. / Employ, implement. / Stop, rest, remain. / Store, stockpile. / Raise, rear (livestock). / Used before times expressing time elapsed: after.	v2,p0968#04	p.300#30	p.448r1c02
			jǔ ㄐㄩˇ	Movement, action.
			jù ㄐㄩˋ	Arrogant. / Straight. / Saw.
			jī ㄐㄧ	Modal particle expressing exclamation or questioning.
山	山+0		shān ㄕㄢ	mountain, hill, peak	v1,p0759#11	p.307#01	p.452r2c03
穴	穴+0	𥤢	xué jué xuè ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄩㄝˋ	cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116	v4,p2718#01	p.862#20	p.997r4c05
中	丨+3	𠁧𠁩塚	zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥㄓㄨㄥˋ	central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain	v1,p0028#10	p.79#03	p.37r4c02
矣	矢+2	𠤘	yǐ ㄧˇ	Modal particle used to express declaration. / Modal particle used to express exclamation. / Modal particle used to express an order or request.	v4,p2580#04	p.823#37	p.955r5c01
當	田+8	𤱭儅当	dāng ㄉㄤ	(7) 在（某處、某時）。 At, of (some place or time).	v4,p2546#06	p.764#18	p.917r3c03
是	日+5	昰𣆞	shì ㄕˋ	(4) 指示代詞：此。 Demonstrative pronoun: this.	v2,p1497#05	p.493#26	p.639r1c01
時	日+6	旹时	shí ㄕˊ	(3) 時間、時候。 Time, times.	v2,p1505#05	p.494#22	p.639r3c04
田	田+0		tián ㄊㄧㄢˊ	field, arable land, cultivated	v4,p2524#01	p.756#11	p.909r3c02
禾	禾+0		hé ㄏㄜˊ	grain still on stalk; rice plant	v4,p2588#01	p.848#18	p.986r6c01
一	一+0	弌壹	yī ㄧ	one; a, an; alone	v1,p0001#01	p.75#01	p.1r1c01
覩	見+9	睹	dǔ ㄉㄨˇ	see, gaze at, witness	v6,p3669#17	p.1136#06	p.1231r3c01
我	戈+3	𠨂𢦓𢦠	wǒ ㄨㄛˇ	(1.1) 第一人稱代詞：我。 First-person pronoun: I.	v2,p1401#02	p.412#01	p.552r1c01
齊	齊+0	亝斉斋齋齐	qí ㄑㄧˊ	(9) 先秦國名。 The pre-Qin state of Qi.	v7,p4783#01	p.1531#06	p.1569r4c01
國	囗+8	圀國囗囶𢧌䆐囯国	guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ	nation, country, nation-state	v1,p0720#09	p.219#16	p.303r4c02
眾	目+6	衆𠂝𥅫𠱧众	zhòng ㄓㄨㄥˋ	masses, people, multitude, crowd	v4,p2917#04	p.807#15	p.951r1c02
三	一+2	叁弎	sān sàn ㄙㄢㄙㄢˋ	three	v1,p0004#03	p.76#05	p.11r2c01
賀	貝+5	贺	hè ㄏㄜˋ	congratulate; send present	v6,p3636#04	p.1207#12	p.1273r6c01
必	心+1		bì ㄅㄧˋ	surely, most certainly; must	v4,p2267#02	p.375#02	p.522r5c01
先	儿+4		xiān ㄒㄧㄢ	first, former, previous	v1,p0267#02	p.124#05	p.134r3c02
彼	彳+5		bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	That. / There. / He. / Others, the other. / Not, no.	v2,p0817#10	p.365#25	p.509r6c02
故	攴+5		gù ㄍㄨˋ	Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus.	v2,p1453#05	p.469#25	p.601r5c01
知	矢+3	𢇻𥎿	zhī ㄓ	Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of.	v4,p2581#02	p.824#01	p.955r5c02
			zhì ㄓˋ	Wisdom.
賣	貝+8	売𧷨卖	mài ㄇㄞˋ	sell; betray; show off	v6,p3645#07	p.1209#32	p.1277r1c01
鬻	鬲+12	粥俼	yù zhōu zhǔ zhù jū ㄩˋ ㄓㄡㄓㄨˇ ㄓㄨˋ ㄐㄩ	sell; child, childish; nourish	v7,p4590#15	p.1459#45	p.1521r4c04
不	一+3	不𠀚𠙐	bù ㄅㄨˋ	Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...?	v1,p0011#06	p.76#15	p.30r1c01
			fǒu ㄈㄡˇ	Same as 「否(1.2)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「否(1.3)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question.
			fū ㄈㄨ	Sepal of a flower.
			pī ㄆㄧ	Same as 「丕(1)」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large.
			bǐ ㄅㄧˇ	Show disdain for.
有	月+2		yǒu ㄧㄡˇ	Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region.	v3,p2041#05	p.504#20	p.656r5c01
			yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Help, assist. / Same as 「又(3)」 yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover.
惡	心+8	惡亞僫恶	è ㄜˋ	Evil. / Bad, not good. / Bad person. / Harm. / Vicious. / Turgid, fierce. / Ugly. / A poor harvest. / Disease, illness. / Uncomfortable, unhappy. / Dirt. / Excrement.	v4,p2307#12	p.391#25	p.535r4c01
			wù ㄨˋ	Hate. / Shame. / Avoid. / Slander, attack.
			wū ㄨ	Interrogative pronoun: how, what. / Exclamation.
得	彳+8	𢔶䙷𢔨	dé ㄉㄜˊ	Get, obtain. / Plunder. / Covet. / Success. / Fitting, appropriate. / Compatible. / Satisfied, pleased. / Possible, can. / Same as 「德(1)」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Morals, morality. / Same as 「德(3)」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Reward kindness, thank.	v2,p0828#03	p.367#31	p.513r6c02
嗟	口+10	𨲠差	jiē juē ㄐㄧㄝㄐㄩㄝ	sigh, alas	v1,p0661#01	p.203#21	p.287r5c03
乎	丿+4	虖	hū ㄏㄨ	Modal particle expressing questioning or a rhetorical question. / Modal particle expressing admiration or exclamation. / Modal particle expressing estimation. / Modal particle expressing request or order. / Modal particle expressing calling. / Modal particle expressing consideration. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. / Particle used after adjectives. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. / Preposition: in, from, to.	v1,p0036#08	p.82#07	p.47r3c03
悲	心+8		bēi ㄅㄟ	sorrow, grief; sorry, sad	v4,p2310#04	p.388#37	p.533r1c03
人	人+0	𠔽亻	rén ㄖㄣˊ	Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence.	v1,p0101#10	p.91#01	p.80r2c01
自	自+0	𦣹鼻	zì ㄗˋ	Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if.	v5,p3046#01	p.1000#07	p.1108r3c01
喪	口+9	𡂤𡴧𡂧𦦦𡚏丧	sàng ㄙㄤˋ	Lose, cease to have. / Die. / Destroy, lose.	v1,p0650#03	p.200#12	p.286r5c02
			sāng ㄙㄤ	Funeral rites, mourning. / Dismayed, dispirited. / Remains, body in a coffin.
者	老+4		zhě ㄓㄜˇ	Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation.	v4,p2780#05	p.961#01	p.1080r1c01
			zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ	In, located in.
又	又+0		yòu ㄧㄡˋ	Hand. / Again, once more. / Moreover. / And, while. Expresses two situations happening at once or sequential action. / And yet. Expresses contrast. / Offer wine. / Forgive.	v1,p0390#01	p.164#43	p.233r4c03
夫	大+1		fū ㄈㄨ	General term for adult men. / Adult labourers in particular. / Soldier. / Respectful term for a man. / Husband. / Unit of area equal to one hundred mu.	v1,p0521#01	p.248#11	p.367r2c01
			fú ㄈㄨˊ	Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Modal particle used at the start of a sentence for emphasis or to indicate an assertion. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to soften the tone. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation.
其	八+6	丌亓	qí ㄑㄧˊ	Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo.	v1,p0245#01	p.127#18	p.162r5c01
			jì ㄐㄧˋ	Particle used after bi and he.
			jī ㄐㄧ	Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year.
後	彳+6	𨒥𢔏后	hòu ㄏㄡˋ	Behind, to the rear of. / To be left behind. / Later in time. / Future. / Descendents, offspring.	v2,p0822#03	p.366#18	p.511r2c01
日	日+0	𡆸	rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ	sun; day; daytime	v2,p1482#01	p.489#01	p.627r1c01
遠	辵+10	逺𨖸𢕱远	yuǎn ㄩㄢˇ	Far off, remote (in distance). / Consider to be far off. / Long time. / Large or numerous differences. / Profound. / Forward looking and ambitious. / Remote, far-off place. / Far off countries.	v6,p3869#07	p.1263#12	p.1329r5c01
			yuàn ㄩㄢˋ	Leave, exit. / Keep away from, avoid. / Violate (a rule).

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