Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi
heart forgotten
When the heart is right, "for" and "against" are forgotten.
mistake mean men
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
body needs should
The hundred parts of the body are all complete in their places. Which should one prefer? Do you like them all equally? Are they all servants? Are they unable to control one another and need a ruler? Or do they become rulers and servants in turn? Is there any true ruler other than themselves?
birth ends starting
Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
acceptance dying born
The creature born is the creature dying.
running laughing accusing
Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.
fashion fate men
People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible fate! The body is treated in a very harsh fashion. Courageous men are seen by everyone under Heaven as worthy, but this doesn't preserve them from death. I am not sure I know whether this is sensible or not.
fashion self choices
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self... Prisoners in the world of object, they have no choice but to submit to the demands of matter! They are pressed down and crushed by external forces: fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind!... What a pity!
done tao virtue
The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao. It is said, rectify yourself and be done.
attachment affirmation tao
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
science doe highest
That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.
life nature-life knows
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
life joy transition
To have attained to the human form is a source of joy... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
order results
Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone