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And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?

Zhuangzi

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
ZHUANGZI

Course Flow Infinity Mindset Purity Simplicity Yourself
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!
ZHUANGZI

Death Drive Human Knowledge Life Limitation Oneself Pursuit
Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.
ZHUANGZI

God Himself Man Reward Work
Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
ZHUANGZI

Butterfly Dreams Himself Incarnation
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
ZHUANGZI

Generous Greatness Passion Small Speech Wisdom
And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
ZHUANGZI

Death Hate Lost Man Myself Name Return Young
People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
ZHUANGZI

Guide Knowledge Order People Reach Value
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
ZHUANGZI

Occupy Sky Space Unity
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
ZHUANGZI

Affirmation Attachment Negative Oneself Religious
Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
ZHUANGZI

Absence Luck Principle
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
ZHUANGZI

Mad Man Negative Positive
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
ZHUANGZI

Action Transformation Word World
Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.
ZHUANGZI

Conflict Harmony Life Stop
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
ZHUANGZI

Education Form Low Punishment Reward
Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
ZHUANGZI

Government Mindset Personal Room Simplicity Spirit View Wander Way World
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
ZHUANGZI

Chaos Doubt Priest

And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?

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