Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi
dream believe awakening
He who dreams ... does not know he is dreaming... . Only when he awakens does he know he has dreamt. But there is also the great awakening (ta-chiao), and then we see that [everything] here is nothing but a great dream. Of course, the fools believe that they are already awake-what foolishness! Confucius and you, both of you, are dreams; and I, who tell you this, am also a dream.
light earth way
Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it's way.
life letting-go ignorant
To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
all-things
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
eye heart wind
The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
archer skills two
When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.
nature doe satisfied
Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
hate home men
And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
wise men mountain
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
men mind charity
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
simple mind infinite
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
chinese needs would-be
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
regret men mirrors
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
greatness men tao
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.