Book Discourse on Chuang Tzu:
I Distanced Myself From All Of That Till I Have Nothing As Opposite
Excerpt from book Discourse On Chuang Tzu
Nan-po Tsze-chi leant back on the armrest of his chair. Staring at the heavens, he let out a sigh. Yen Cheng‑tzu entered and, seeing him there, said, “Master, truly you far exceed all others! Can you indeed cause your body to resemble a withered tree and your mind to be no different from dead ashes?”
“Once I dwelt in a mountain cave,” said the other. “While I was there, on one occasion, T’ien Ho came to see me, and for this, the multitudes of the state of Ch’i congratulated him three times. It must be that, in the beginning, I had a grasp of something, and hence he became aware of who I was. It must be that I had something to sell, and so he came to acquire whatever that was. If I had not been holding something in my grasp, how would it have been possible for him to then find out who I was? If I had not been selling something, how would he then have been able to acquire it? I used to feel such pity for those men who lost themselves! Then again, I pitied those who pity others, and, what’s more, those who pity those who pity others. As time passed, however, I distanced myself from all of that, step by step.”
南伯子綦隐几而坐，仰天而嘘。颜成子入见曰：“夫子，物之尤也！形固可使若槁骸，心固可使若死灰乎？”
曰：“吾尝居山穴之中矣，当是时也，田禾一睹我，而齐国之众三贺之。我必先之，彼故知之；我必卖之，彼故鬻之。若我而不有之，彼恶得而知之？若我而不卖之，彼恶得而鬻之？嗟乎！我悲人之自丧者，吾又悲夫悲人者，吾又悲夫悲人之悲者，其后而日远矣。”
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