Its characteristic of pre-logic makes some of Zhuang Zi's images be self-contradictory, which leads to the textual obscure style.

神话思维不回避矛盾的原逻辑特点使《庄子》意象具有多面性，体现在文本上则是模糊混沌特征；

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Interestingly, Lv might be self-contradictory while painting works like these: on one hand, all inputs come directly from reality. On the other hand, the reality as depicted tends to be self-defying.

吕山川创作这样的画或许基于一种自我矛盾的现象：一方面所有的“输入”都来自现实，另一方面，这些“现实”却有着自我取消的倾向。

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To connect good deeds to money is self-contradictory and will never be a good shortcut to raising people's moral standards.

将做好事与金钱联系在一起是自相矛盾的，也绝不是提高人们的道德标准的好捷径。

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Was the story hard to follow? Was it self-contradictory, and in what ways? Anything? Just don't even be polite, just throw it right out there. Yes?

有没有什么地方不连贯？或者自相矛盾？,有何矛盾？有吗？说出来，现在，在这里，好吗？

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But if a democratic general turns out to be as self-contradictory as most Pakistanis think (and they should know), America would prefer to keep the general.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan

If those ideas are sometimes self-contradictory, so be it.

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If there's a root cause for this at times self-contradictory and insincere approach, it might be the company's CEO and president, Robert A. Klayman.

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