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

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he Sage, orTPerfect Man1.THE perfect man ignores self; the divine man ignoresaction; the true Sage ignores reputation.2.<strong>The</strong> perfect man is a spiritual being. Were the oceanitself scorched up, he would not feel hot. Were the MilkyWay frozen hard, he would not feel cold. Were themountains to be riven with thunder, and the great deepto be thrown up <strong>by</strong> storm, he would not tremble.3.How does the Sage seat himself <strong>by</strong> the sun and moon,and hold the universe in his grasp? He blends everythinginto one harmonious whole, rejecting the confusion <strong>of</strong>this and that. Rank and precedence, which the vulgarprize, the Sage stolidly ignores. <strong>The</strong> revolutions <strong>of</strong> tenthousand years leave his unity unscathed. <strong>The</strong> universeitself may pass away, but he will flourish still.

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