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Zhuangzi, "External Things". Chinese originalArchived 2022-10-11 at the Wayback Machine: 「老萊子之弟子出薪,遇仲尼,反以告曰: 『有人於彼,修上而趨下,末僂而後耳,視若營四海,不知其誰氏之子。 』老萊子曰:『 是丘也,召而來!』」. Burton Watson's translationArchived 2022-10-27 at the Wayback Machine: "A disciple of Lao Lai-tzu was out gathering firewood when he happened to meet Confucius. He returned and reported, 'There's a man over there with a long body and short legs, his back a little humped and his ears set way back, who looks as though he were trying to attend to everything within the four seas. I don't know who it can be.' Lao Lai-tzu said, 'That's Kung Ch'iu. Tell him to come over here!'"
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