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Marcel Duchamp 《 Tu m' 》 1918     以指喩指之非指、 不若以非指喩指之非指也、 『荘子』斉物論篇 To take fingers in illustration of fingers as not being fingers, is not so good as to take non-fingers in illustration of fingers as not being fingers. Fung Yu-lan, Chuang-tzu, 1931, p.44   指不至、至不絶、 『荘子』天下篇 The finger indicates, but needs not touch, (the object). James Legge, The Texts of Taoism, Part 2, 1891, p.230    to JAPANESE