Those who lose themselves to material things and lose their true nature to customs are called inverted people. 《Kèyì》
Bianzi said: Now you use your intelligence to shock the ignorant and cultivate your conduct to expose the corrupt; you shine brightly as if holding up the sun and moon before the people. 《Dāshēng》
I once heard a person of great attainment say: Those who boast of their achievements have no merit; those whose work is completed often decline; those whose fame is established often suffer loss. 《Shānmù》
The Yellow Emperor said: The Way cannot be attained by effort, and Virtue cannot be reached by striving. Benevolence can be practiced, righteousness can be compromised, and propriety is often pretentious. 《Zhī Běiyóu》
If a scholar possesses morality but cannot practice it, it is due to exhaustion. If his clothes are tattered and his shoes worn out, it is due to poverty, not exhaustion. This is what is called missing the right time. 《Shānmù》
Heaven and Earth coexist with me, and all things are one with me.
Sages follow Heaven and value authenticity, unconstrained by custom.
The heart of the supreme person is like a mirror: it neither grasps nor welcomes; it responds without retaining, thus able to overcome things without being harmed.
The Great Block bears me in form, tires me with life, rests me in old age, and gives me rest in death.
This is that, and that is this. That has its right and wrong, and this has its right and wrong.
The supreme person has no self, the divine person has no merit, and the sage has no fame.
My life is finite, but knowledge is infinite. To pursue the infinite with the finite is perilous.
The body can be made like dead wood, and the heart can be made like dead ashes.
Between Heaven and Earth, human life is like a white colt passing through a crack, fleeting and brief.
If you are not me, how do you know that I do not know the joy of the fish?
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丧己于物，失性于俗者，谓之倒置之民。《刻意》
扁子曰：今汝饰知以惊愚，修身以明污，昭昭乎若揭日月而行民。《达生》
昔吾闻之大成之人曰：自伐者无功，功成者堕，名成者亏。《山木》
黄帝曰：道不可致，德不可至。仁可为也，义可亏也，礼相伪也。《知北游》
士有道德不能行，惫也;衣弊履穿，贫也，非惫也，此所谓非遭时也。《山木》
天地与我并生，万物与我合一。
圣人法天贵真，不拘于俗。
至人用心若镜，不将不迎，应而不藏，故能胜物而不伤。
大块载我以形，劳我以生，佚我以老，息我以死。
是亦彼也，彼亦是也。彼亦一是非，此亦一是非。
至人无己，神人无功，圣人无名。
吾生也有涯，而知也无涯，以有涯随无涯，殆也。
形固可使如槁木，心固可使如死灰。
人生天地之间，若白驹过隙，忽然而已。
子非我，安知我不知鱼之乐
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Human life is like a white colt passing through a crack.
