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Chapter 12. Self-Sacrifice And Self-AggrandisementYANG CHU said:“Po-chêng-tse-kao [1] would not part with a hair of hisbody for the benefit of others. He quitted his countryand became a ploughman. The great Yü [2] did not profitby his own body, which grew quite emaciated.“If the ancients by injuring a single hair could haverendered a service to the world, they would not havedone it; and had the universe been offered to a singleperson, he would not have accepted it.“As nobody would damage even a hair, and nobodywould do a favour to the world, the world was in a perfectstate."Ch’in-Tse asked Yang Chu:“If by pulling out a hair of your body you would aidmankind, would you do it?"Yang Chu answered:“Mankind is surely not to be helped by a single hair."
Ch’in-Tse said:“But supposing it possible, would you do it?"Yang Chu gave no answer.Thereupon Ch’in-Tse told Meng-sun-Yang, whoreplied:“I will explain the Master's meaning.“Supposing for tearing off a piece of your skin you wereoffered ten thousand gold pieces, would you do it?"Ch’in-Tse said:“I would."Meng-sun-Yang again asked:“Supposing for cutting off one of your limbs you were toget a kingdom, would you do it?"Ch’in-Tse was silent.“See now," said Meng-sun-Yang. “A hair is unimportantcompared with the skin, and the skin also is unimportantcompared with a limb.“However, many hairs put together form skin, and manyskins form a limb. Therefore, though a hair is but oneamong the many molecules composing the body, it is not
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LAOZIContentsTao In Its Transcenden
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Tao eludes the sense of sight, and
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life, and it rejects them not. Its
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Heaven's net is vast; though its me
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Tao, he endures for ever. Though hi
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of agriculture. If Tao does not pre
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The skilful philosophers of the old
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epose? But let time go on, and the
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L Humilityowliness AndLL things in
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What makes a kingdom great is its b
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GovernmentNOT exalting worth keeps
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If the government is sluggish and t
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people return to the use of knotted
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prizes. When he conquers, he is not
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Thirty spokes unite in one nave; th
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He who acts, destroys; he who grasp
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He who prides himself upon wealth a
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The course of things is such that w
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Even if a man is bad, how can it be
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This is the Way of Heaven, which be
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ZHUANGZIContentsThe Doctrine of Rel
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going up ninety thousand li in orde
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seen the great ocean, you know your
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he Identity ofTContraries1.TZu CH'I
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we cannot see its form. It has func
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intellect in an obstinate adherence
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dream they are dreaming; and only w
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TTaohe MysteriousImmanence of1.THE
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without thickness into such an inte
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prevented him from seeing my pent-u
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4.Books are what the world values a
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6.Lieh Yu K'ou instructed Po Hun Wu
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The Hidden Spring1.TAO has its laws
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4.The universe is very beautiful, y
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6.“Chi Chen," said Shao Chih, “
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8.Life has its distinctions; but in
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The potter says: “I can do what I
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Passive Virtue1.YEN HUI [1] went to
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seem to follow the dictates of his
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may protect men's bodies. He has at
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3.“Tell me," said Lao Tzu, “in
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S Externalself-Adaptation To1.YEN H
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2.For travelling by water there is
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him in the administration of the em
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principles, increasing the sum of h
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none of these. Would you like to he
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4.With the truly wise, wisdom is a
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without calculation, not seeking to
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7.The repose of the Sage is not wha
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Random Gleanings1.TAKE no heed of t
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7.Is Confucius a Sage, or is he not
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13.By inaction one can become the c
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17.The men of this world all rejoic
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23.Charity and duty to one's neighb
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28.The Grand Augur, in his ceremoni
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know not how. You are at rest, but
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37.Discard the stimuli of purpose.
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42.When Chu Po Yu reached his sixti
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46.Man has for himself a spacious d
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ersonalPAnecdotes1.CHUANG TZu was f
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“You not being a fish yourself,"
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“We fear," argued the disciples,
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1天瑞Tian RuiHeaven's GiftsThe C
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itself untouched by evolution. Self
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function to teach others and to inf
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from the standpoint of the Absolute
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that belongs to Earth is dense and
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scholar, death the appointed end fo
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life, holds cleverness and capacity
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us by their impact."“But what if
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The third year, I reaped a great ha
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same time which of us is not a thie
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practice of enlightened virtue will
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on high, the people bewailed him fo
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as one, is still not so good as pas
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high favour with the prince of Chin
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can walk through the midst of these
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The Animal TamerTHE KEEPER of Anima
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Gulls in MindTHERE WAS once a man,
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The incident came to the ears of Ma
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Chou of the Yin, Huan of the Lu Sta
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endowed with blood and breath. And
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stranger has carried me away by his
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gratification. The magician, howeve
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freshness. He asked where he had co
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the fact that his own body is an il
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description, and subjected to every
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deer, but wrongly took the dream to
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space of seven days no one knew wha
Page 187 and 188: 4仲尼Zhong NiConfuciusWho is wis
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Page 191 and 192: mind to be occupied with the extern
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Page 195 and 196: 5湯問Tang WenThe Questions ofTan
Page 197 and 198: Emperor T'ang's Second QuestionT'an
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Page 201 and 202: The Change of HeartsKUNG-HU of Lu a
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Page 205 and 206: The loan of the good swordHEI LUAN
Page 207 and 208: light which it emits. The objects w
Page 209 and 210: 6力命Li MingEffort & DestinyFate
Page 211 and 212: Doctor knowledgeYANG CHU had a frie
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Page 215 and 216: But the husbandman has seasons of r
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Page 223 and 224: Chapter 5. False VirtuesYANG CHU sa
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Page 229 and 230: Chapter 9. The Happy VoluptuariesTS
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Page 243 and 244: “Yet reputation cannot bring back
Page 245 and 246: Chapter 14. Difficulty And Ease Of
Page 247 and 248: “If anybody cares for one hour's
Page 249 and 250: Chapter 17. The Four ChimerasYANG C
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Page 257 and 258: “Yes," said Lieh Tzu, “I do."
Page 259 and 260: Lieh Tzu, hearing of it, said: “I
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Page 263 and 264: “As you behave to others, so othe
Page 265 and 266: “In Chou," replied Wên Tzu, “w
Page 267 and 268: to look at, and neglects those that
Page 269 and 270: TaintIN THE EAST of China there was
Page 271 and 272: True KindnessTHE GOOD PEOPLE of Han
Page 273 and 274: The AxeA MAN, having lost his axe,
Page 275: sourcesLAOZIThe Book of Lao Tzutran
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