R eturn to the origin and keep to the origin. quote 4040 | Ho Shang Gong commentary on the Tao Te King, 19, trad. E.Erkes, p.41 share
H e perceives the oneness of everything, does not know about duality in it. quote 4039 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.12 (Huang Lao school), trad. A.C. Graham, p.186 share
T he quintessence of the utmost Way is Dark, dark, secret, secret: the apex of the utmost Way is mystery, mystery, silence, silence. Look at nothing, listen to nothing. quote 4038 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.11 (Huang Lao school), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.178 share
I n the primeval mass there is no shape, spreading and scattering, leaving no trail behind, in the darkness of its depths there is no sound. It moves without direction, resides in Mystery. quote 4037 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.14 (Huang Lao school), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.165 share
V anishingly (mingran), forming a oneness with creation. quote 4036 | Kuo Hsiang ZZJS, 129, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.69 see also "vanishingly embodying all things”, ZZJS, 195, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.69 ; “vanishingly forming a oneness with one’s own time.”, ZZJS, 184, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.69 share
F ollowing the pathway and uniting with the ultimate, it is therefore called root of Heaven and Earth. quote 4035 | Wang Bi commentary on the Tao Te King, 6.1, trad. P.J. Lin, 1977, p.13 share
I f one has a self (?) it is impossible to achieve the great oneness. quote 4034 | Kuo Hsiang ZZJS, 397, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.67 see also ZZJS, 185 and 401, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.67, ZZJS, 78, trad. B. Ziporyn, 2003, p.73 share
I n ultimate sameness you have no self; and without self from where would you get to have anything. quote 4033 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.11 (Huang Lao school), trad. A.C Graham, p.150 share
T he great man have no self. quote 4032 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.17 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C Graham, p.150 share
T herefore constantly void of desire and empty, one may discern the mystery of the origin of things. quote 4031 | Wang Bi commentaire du D.D.J., 1.3, trad. P.J. Lin, 1977, p.4 see also commentaries 19.1, 20.3, 20.6, 20.14, 37.4, 80.4 share
D esirous of lust and beautiful sight, one injures one’s essence and loses one’s vision. quote 4030 | Ho Shang Gong commentary on the Tao Te King, chap.12, trad. A. Chan, 1991, p.141 share
A s for goods and possession, the great man does not compete for them. quote 4029 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.17 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.150 share
U nknown even to my ears, eyes, body, I do not know how to name it; thus it cannot be investigated further, but merges together to make one. quote 4028 | Wang Bi commentaire du D.D.J., 14.1, trad. P.J. Lin, 1977, p.24 share
Y ou can’t talk to hole-in-the-corner scholars about the Way, because they are constricted by their doctrines. quote 4027 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.17 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.145 share
P ractice fasting and austerities to clear your channels of the heart, cleanse the quintessential-and-daemonic in you, smash to pieces your knowledge quote 4026 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.22 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.132 share
I would wish my lord to strip his body and rid it from his hide, wash his heart and rid it of desires. quote 4025 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.20 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C. Graham, 1981, p.173 share
T hose who know men are merely clever; there are less than those who know themselves and surpass cleverness quote 4024 | Wang Bi commentary on the Tao Te King, 33.1, trad. P.J. Lin, 1977, p.60 share
B eing inexhaustible to self-inspection (…) this is the integrity of the Great man. quote 4023 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.24 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. A.C. Graham, p.150 share
B y cultivating one’s nature (?), one will return to virtue (?). When virtue is perfect, one will be one with the beginning (?), one become vacuous (?), one become great. quote 4022 | Tchuang Tzu Zhuangzi, chap.22 (shool of Tchuang Tzu), trad. W.T. Chang, 1969, p.202 share
T hose who indulge in many desires have very little of the secret of Nature. quote 3540 | Tchuang Tzu Chuang Tzu, chapter VI, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 8. share
T herefore the sage embraces the OneAnd becomes the model of the world. quote 3539 | Lao Tzu Laozi 22, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 7. share
C an you keep the spirit and embrace the One without departing from them? quote 3538 | Lao Tzu Laozi 10, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 7. share
B eing and non-being produce each other; quote 3537 | Lao Tzu Laozi 2, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 7. share
T here is no preconceived give and take in things or in their principles of being. If things are natural, they will transform themselves without taking any action. quote 2293 | Kuo Hsiang Kuo Hsiang, COMMENTARY ON THE CHUANG TZU, ch. 11, NHcc, 4:38b, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 19. share
B y taking no action is not meant folding up one's arms and closing one's mouth. If we simply let everything act by itself, it will be contented with its nature and destiny. quote 2292 | Kuo Hsiang Kuo Hsiang, COMMENTARY ON THE CHUANG TZU, ch. 11, NHCc, 4:29a, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 19. share
