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Chapter 6. <strong>The</strong> Ideal LifeYANG CHU said:“Yuan Hsie lived in mean circumstances in Lu, while TseKung [1] amassed wealth in Wei.“Poverty galled the one, and riches caused uneasiness tothe other.“So poverty will not do nor wealth either."“But what then will do?"“I answer enjoy life and take one's ease, for those whoknow how to enjoy life are not poor, and he that lives atease requires no riches."notes[1] Tse Kung was a disciple <strong>of</strong> Confucius.

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