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mmortality <strong>of</strong> theISoul1.WHEN Lao Tzu died, Ch'in Shih went to mourn. Heuttered three yells and departed.A disciple asked him, saying: “Were you not our Master'sfriend?"“I was," replied Ch'in Shih.“And if so, do you consider that a sufficient expression <strong>of</strong>grief at his loss?" added the disciple.“I do," said Ch'in Shih. “I had believed him to be theman <strong>of</strong> all men, but now I know that he was not. When Iwent in to mourn, I found old persons weeping as if fortheir children, young ones wailing as if for their mothers.And for him to have gained the attachment <strong>of</strong> thosepeople in this way, he too must have uttered words whichshould not have been spoken, and dropped tears whichshould not have been shed, thus violating eternal

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