Zhuangzi’s famous sayings

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 will, "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 one who has a name is a relative; the one who knows it is a weapon of competition.

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

8. The big piece carries me with my shape, helps me with life, leaves me with old age, and rests with me in death. 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 with shape, helps me with life, leaves me with age, and rests with me in death.

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 colt passes through the gap.

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 you identify it clearly, the dirt will not stop.

22. The appearance is not as good as the heart.

23. I don’t know why.

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

25. Everyone knows useful things, but no one knows useless things

26. People should not look at flowing water, but at 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 is not thick enough, 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 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.

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 his stomach is full.

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