The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

life, holds cleverness and capacity in high esteem, buildshimself up a reputation, and plays the braggart amongsthis fellow men without knowing where to stop:whatmanner of man, once more, is this? The world will surelylook upon him as a gentleman of great wisdom andcounsel. Both of these men have lost their way, yet theworld will consort with the one, and not with the other.Only the sage knows with whom to consort and fromwhom to hold aloof.“He consorts with those who regard life and deathmerely as waking and sleeping, and holds aloof fromthose who are steeped in forgetfulness of their return."Growth, the Hidden Process of DecayYÜ HSIUNG said: “Evolution is never-ending. But whocan perceive the secret processes of Heaven and Earth?Thus, things that are diminished here are augmentedthere; things that are made whole in one place suffer lossin another. Diminution and augmentation, fullness anddecay are the constant accompaniments of life and death.They alternate in continuous succession, and we are notconscious of any interval. The whole body of spiritualsubstance progresses without a pause; the whole body ofmaterial substance suffers decay without intermission.But we do not perceive the process of completion, nor dowe perceive the process of decay. Man, likewise, from