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Chuang Tzŭ
can be informed by it without exhaustion, is its Tao.
- The Tao of Tao.
"In the Middle Kingdom there are men who recognise neither positive nor negative. They abide between heaven and earth. They act their part as mortals, and then return to the Cause.
"From that standpoint,
- Of the Cause, sc. God, which is commensurate with infinity.
life is but a concentration of the vital fluid, whose longest and shortest terms of existence vary by an inappreciable space,—hardly enough for the classification of Yao and Chieh.
- As good and bad. See ch. iv.
"Tree-fruits and plant-fruits exhibit order in their varieties; and the relationships of man, though more difficult to be dealt with, may still be reduced to order.
- These have been classified as follows:—
| 1. | Sovereign | and | Subject. |
| 2. | Husband | „ | Wife. |
| 3. | Father | „ | Son. |
| 4. | Elder Brother | „ | Younger Brother. |
| 5. | Friend | „ | Friend. |
The true Sage who meets with these, does not violate them. Neither does he continue to hold fast by them.
- He adapts himself to the exigencies of his environment.
