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an image of a man with a butterfly on his shoulder and the caption'the true man of ancient times knew nothing of loving life, knew nothing

Chuang Tzu (Chinese Daoist/Taoist philosopher, c. 370-287 BCE) “The True Man of ancient times knew nothing of loving life, knew nothing of hating death.” From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (“The Great And Venerable Teacher” section 6), translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996). The painting of Chuang Tzu is licensed as Creative Commons 2.5 […]

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Read Chuang Tzu And The Butterfly poem by Li Po written. Chuang Tzu And The Butterfly poem is from Li Po poems. Chuang Tzu And The Butterfly poem summary, analysis and comments.

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an image of a foggy forest with the quote heaven and earth do nothing yet there is nothing they do not do

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Chuang Tzu (c. 370-287 BCE) “The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror – going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.” From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (section 16, “Fit for Emperors and Kings”), translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996).

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a painting with an image of a man standing in front of a tree and the words, you begin with what is comfortable and never experience

Chuang Tzu / Zhuangzi (370/369 – 287/286 BCE) “You begin with what is comfortable and never experience what is uncomfortable when you know the comfort of forgetting what is comfortable.” From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (section 19, “Mastering Life”), translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996).

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How many do you know about eastern philosophy? It is quite different with western philosophy about the world and life. Carefully check these eastern philosophy quotes to find more.

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Chuang Tzu (c. 4th Century BCE) “If we regard a thing as useful because there is a certain usefulness to it, then among all the ten thousand things there are none that are not useful.” From Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (section 17), translated by Burton Watson. (Columbia University Press, 1996).

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