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

Blind LustTHERE WAS once a man in the Ch'i State who had aburning lust for gold. Rising early one morning, hedressed and put on his hat and went down to themarketplace, where he proceeded to seize and carry offthe gold from a money-changer's shop. (An ordinarythief would have gone at night, and probably naked,after smearing his body with oil.)He was arrested by the police, who were puzzled to knowwhy he had committed the theft at a time when everybody was about. “When I was taking the gold," hereplied, “I did not see anybody at all; what I saw was thegold, and nothing but the gold.”