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

the sound is too different. Thus a man who managesimportant matters does not trouble himself about trifles.And he who accomplishes great deeds does no smallones. That was my meaning."Chapter 15. All Things PassYANG CHU said:“The memory of things of highest antiquity is faded.Who recollects them? Of the time of the threegenerations of Emperors [1] something is preserved, butthe rest is lost. Of the five rulers [2] something is stillknown, the rest is only guessed at. Of the events duringthe time of the three emperors [3] some are veiled in deepobscurity, and some are clear, yet out of a hundredthousand not one is recollected. Of the things of ourpresent life some are heard, others seen, yet not one outof ten thousand is recollected. It is impossible tocalculate the number of years elapsed from remoteantiquity to the present day. Only from Fw-hsidownwards there are more than three hundred thousandyears.“Every trace of intelligent and stupid men, of thebeautiful and ugly, successful and unsuccessful, right andwrong, is effaced. And whether quickly or slowly is theonly point of difference.