Famous Quotes

1.

He who has deep desires will have shallow secrets.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

2.

When the spring dries up, the fish and the fish are on the land. They gnaw at each other to get wet and wet each other with foam. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

3.

The villain sacrifices himself for profit, the scholar sacrifices himself for fame, and the great man sacrifices himself for his family. The saint died for the world. Therefore, those who count their sons have different careers and different names. They sacrifice themselves for their wounded nature, which is the same.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

4.

The whole world is martyred. If he sacrifices his life for benevolence and righteousness, he is called a gentleman by the common people; if he sacrifices his life for wealth, he is called a villain by the common people. If he marries one person, then there will be a gentleman and a villain; if he remains alive and harms his nature, then he will be robbing the soles of his own people, and he will take the gentleman and villain among them!

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

5.

So Zhi's disciples asked Yu Zhi, "Does a thief also have a way?" Zhi said, "What? Is it suitable but not evil? What is hidden in the room is holy; entering first is brave; coming out is righteous; knowing whether it is possible or not is knowing; dividing evenly is benevolence.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

6.

A good person cannot stand in the way of a sage, and a good person cannot stand in the way of a sage.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

7.

If the lips are dry, the teeth will be cold. If Lu wine is thin and Handan is surrounded, a sage will be born and a great thief will arise.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi

8.

Those who steal hooks will be punished, and those who steal the country will be princes. There is no benevolence and righteousness among the princes.

——Warring States·· Zhuangzi

9.

Therefore, if simplicity is not broken, who is the noble one? If white jade is not destroyed, who is Guizhang! Happy! If the five colors are not chaotic, which one is literary talent! If the five sounds are not chaotic, which one should be in harmony with the six laws? ——Warring States·Zhuangzi

10,

Floating, Not knowing what to seek; arrogant and not knowing where to go; wandering with a martingale palm to see what is wrong.

——Warring States·Zhuangzi