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Condition 1: Contains text "楚威王使大夫以百金聘周周方釣於濮水之上持竿不顧曰吾聞楚有神龜死二千歲矣巾笥而藏之於廟堂之上" Matched:1.
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莊周

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1 莊周:
莊周者,宋之蒙人也。少學老子,為蒙縣漆園吏。遂遺世自放,不仕。王公大人,皆不得而器之。楚威王使大夫以百金聘周,周方釣於濮水之上,持竿不顧,曰:吾聞楚有神龜,死二千歲矣,巾笥而藏之於廟堂之上。此龜寧無為留骨而貴乎?寧生曳尾塗中乎?」大夫曰:「寧掉尾塗中耳。」莊子曰:「往矣,吾方掉尾於塗中。」或又以千金之幣,迎周為相,周曰:「子不見郊祭之犧牛乎?衣以文繡,食以芻菽,及其牽入太廟,欲為孤豚,其可得乎?」遂終身不仕。

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