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

2.Chuang Tzu said: “O my exemplar! Thou who destroyestall things, and dost not account it cruelty; thou whobenefitest all time, and dost not account it charity; thouwho art older than antiquity and dost not account it age;thou who supportest the universe, shaping the manyforms therein, and dost not account it skill; this is thehappiness of God!"3.Life follows upon death. Death is the beginning of life.Who knows when the end is reached? The life of manresults from convergence of the vital fluid. Itsconvergence is life; its dispersion, death. If, then, lifeand death are but consecutive states, what need have I tocomplain?Therefore all things are One. What we love is animation.What we hate is corruption. But corruption in its turnbecomes animation, and animation once more becomescorruption.