Zhuangzi

1. He who regards death as life is the bravery of a martyr.

2. Don’t speak nonsense, don’t listen nonsense.

3. See laughter in a generous home.

4. "Poetry" is based on Tao's ambition, "Book" is based on Tao's affairs, "Li" is based on Tao's conduct, "Le" is based on Tao's harmony, "Yi" is based on Tao's yin and yang, and "Spring and Autumn" is based on Tao's name.

5. Use fire to fight fire and water to fight water.

6. The person who is famous is the person who communicates with each other; the person who knows it is the weapon of competition.

7. Use what you know to know, to nourish what you know and what you don’t know.

8. Husband’s big piece carries me to form, helps me to live, leaves me to grow old, and rests me to die. Therefore, those who live well will die well.

9. Birds and beasts never tire of height, and fish and turtles never tire of depth.

10. There is no escape between heaven and earth.

11. Two kinds of happiness will lead to many good words, two kinds of anger will lead to many evil words.

12. Those who are clever work hard but those who know are worried, and those who are incompetent have nothing to ask for.

13. The big piece carries me to form, helps me to live, leaves me to grow old, and rests to me to die.

14. There is no relocation order and no persuasion.

15. The perfect person has no self, the god has no merit, and the saint has no name.

16. Dogs do not regard good barking as good, and people do not regard good officials as virtuous.

17. When virtue is good, appearance is forgotten.

18. If a white horse passes by.

19. Although the heaven and the earth are big, they are uniform; although all things are many, they are governed by one; although there are many people, they are the master. The king originates from virtue and emerges from heaven. Therefore, it is said that the king of the ancient times did not do anything in the world. He only had virtue from heaven.

20. The blade is like a new one.

21. If it is clear, the dirt will not stop.

22. The shape is not as good as the heart, but the heart is not as harmonious.

23. I don’t know why.

24. The beauty of heaven and earth cannot be overstated.

25. Everyone knows the useful uses, but no one knows the useless ones.

26. People should not look at the flowing water, but at the still water.

27. It can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

28. When you catch a fish, you forget the fish; when you are proud, you forget your words.

29. Chase all things without returning them.

30. Turn decay into magic.

31. You can’t wait for the afterlife, and you can’t pursue the past life.

32. If the water accumulation is not thick, it will not be able to carry a large boat.

33. Blessings are as light as a feather and cannot be known.

34. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to wet each other with moans and wet each other with foam.

35. Those who lose themselves in things and lose their nature in the world are called inverted people.

36. When the spring dries up, the two fishes stay together on land. They wet each other by gnawing at each other, and wet each other with foam. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

37. The shape is like a gaunt tree, and the heart is as gray as death.

38. Those who are skillful work hard but those who know are worried, and those who are incompetent have nothing to ask for. Traveling when you are full is like a boat without a tie, and you are traveling when you are empty.

39. A rat drinks from the river, but its belly is full.

40. The cover is like the sky, and the containment is like the earth.

41. The end of benevolence and righteousness, the path of right and wrong.

42. Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will become princes.

43. Those who are sad and happy are the faults of virtue; those who are happy and angry are the faults of the Tao; those who like and dislike are the faults of the heart.

44. The Tao is hidden in Xiaocheng, and the words are hidden in glory.

45. To be admired by the whole world without admonishment, and to be criticized by the whole world without discouragement.

46. Lu wine is thin but Handan is surrounded.

47. So Zhi’s disciples asked Yu Zhi: Do thieves also have a moral code? Zhi said: How can it be appropriate without being evil? If you think about what is hidden in the room, it is holy; if you enter first, you are brave; if you come out later, you are righteous; if you know whether it is possible or not, you know; if you divide it evenly, it is benevolence. There is no one in the world who can become a great thief without being prepared.

48. If you beat a foot, you will get half of it in a day, and it will last forever.

49. Big and unreasonable, never return.

50. Escape to the sky and feel the love twice, forgetting what you have experienced.

51. Everyone knows the useful uses, but no one knows the useless ones.

52. Save yourself before saving others.

53. There is no reason to be angry, and the words are clever and biased.

54. Swim in Yi’s cave.

55. The truth is the most sincere. Without sincerity, it cannot move people.

56. Traveling on water is better than using a boat, and traveling on land is better than using a car. It is possible to use a boat on water, but to try to push it to land would be unusual in the world.

57. Virtue is better than fame and knowledge is better than competition.

58. Everyone values ??profit, honest people value reputation, wise people value ambition, and saints value essence.

59. Those who follow me will live, and those who go against me will die.

60. Those who are famous are the means of conflict; those who know them are the tools of competition. The murder weapons of the two are not so effective.

61. The friendship between husband and wife is as far apart as the friendship between husband and wife. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. A gentleman is indifferent to intimacy, but a villain is willing to give up.

62. The mantis stalks the cicada, with the oriole behind.

63. If there is a way in the world, a saint will be born; if there is no way in the world, a saint will be born. At this time, I am only exempted from punishment. Blessings are as light as a feather, and no one knows how to carry them; misfortunes are as heavy as the ground, and no one knows how to avoid them.

64. You are not a fish, so you know how happy the fish is.

65. Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will become princes.

66. A virtuous person can become a virtuous person through joy.

67. Morning bacteria don’t know Hui Shuo, and worms don’t know Spring and Autumn.

68. Heaven and earth are one finger, and all things are one horse.

69. Hills and mountains become taller when they are low, and rivers become large when they combine with water.

70. Forget your liver and gallbladder, and forget your ears and eyes.

71. What is Tao? There is the way of heaven and there is the way of humanity. Those who are respected by doing nothing are the way of heaven; those who are tired by doing something are the way of humanity. The master is the way of heaven; the minister is the way of humanity. The way of heaven and the way of human beings are far apart, so we must observe them.

72. If the angry arm of a mantis is used as a chariot, it will definitely be incompetent.

73. Those who are content will not benefit themselves.

74. Work when the sun rises and rest when the sun sets.

75. I use the heaven and the earth as a coffin, the sun and the moon as a jade, the stars as pearls, and all things as a gift. Aren’t my burial utensils prepared for evil?

76. The perfect person has no self, the god has no merit, and the saint has no name.

77. Life has limits but knowledge has no limits.

78. People have their own appearance.

79. Shush each other to get wet. Help each other.

80. Those whose desires are deep have little secrets.

81. Don’t forget where you started and don’t seek where you will end.

82. Use a tube to peer into the sky and a cone to pierce the earth.

83. Yuandu believes that it can protect one’s life.

84. When times are peaceful and everything goes smoothly, and when sorrow and joy are kept away from one another, this is called county relief.

85. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

86. The official knows to stop but the spirit wants to do it.

87. Don’t be afraid in the face of great difficulties.

88. Everyone values ??profits, but honest people value reputation.

89. My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. If there is a limit, then there is no limit, it is almost gone; if you know it already, it is almost gone.

90. There is no near name for good deeds, and there is no near punishment for evil deeds.

91. If the road is not right, there will be no debate.

92. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to help each other.