用志不分
Undivided focus turns skill uncanny.
Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life)
The source
"Undivided focus turns skill uncanny." Zhuangzi said it in Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life). Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
"用志不分，乃凝於神"Original Chinese, Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life). Chinese: Zhuangzi text via zh.wikisource; chapter title after Legge 1891.
Who said it
Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Taoist storyteller of the butterfly dream, the useless tree and the cook who never dulled his knife.
Questions
- Who said "Undivided focus turns skill uncanny."?
- Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Source: Zhuangzi 19 (The Full Understanding of Life).
- What is the original Chinese?
- 用志不分，乃凝於神. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
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