King Wen thought over on Chuang Tzu's description of the sword of Emperor. He started to introspect: Why doesn't he find such a distinguished sword before?

赵文王细细地玩味庄子对天子之剑的描述，怅然若失地开始反省，怎么自己没有注意到，世间尚有这么尊贵的宝剑呢？

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Then King Wen found that Chuang Tzu seemed not to carry his sword. How to compete without sword?

这时赵文王才注意到庄子好像没有配戴宝剑，没剑怎么比赛啊？

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Pointing to the outside swordsmen, King Wen told Chuang Tzu, "I've selected thirty best swordsmen to compete with you."

赵文王指着殿外的剑客对庄子说：“我送了三十位顶尖高手供先生试剑。”

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