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Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life)
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Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life)
"Play for clay and you're sharp. Play for gold and you choke." Zhuangzi said it in Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life). Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
"以瓦注者巧,以鉤注者憚,以黃金注者㱪,其巧一也,而有所矜,則重外也。"Original Chinese, Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life). Chinese: Zhuangzi text via zh.wikisource; chapter title after Legge 1891.
Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Taoist storyteller of the butterfly dream, the useless tree and the cook who never dulled his knife.
Play for clay and you're sharp. Play for gold and you choke.
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