Book: Discourse on Chuang Tzu
Is It Possible To Attain Tao And Thus Possess It?
Excerpt from book Discourse on Chuang Tzu
Shun questioned Ch’eng, asking, “Is it possible to attain Tao and thus possess it?”
“You don’t even possess your own body. So how could you possibly attain Tao and then possess it!”
“If I don’t possess my own body,” asked Shun, “who exactly does?”
“It is endowed to you by heaven and earth. You do not hold life in your possession, it is a harmony endowed upon you by heaven and earth. You do not hold your disposition and appointed destiny in your possession, they are a compliance endowed upon you by heaven and earth. You do not hold your grandsons and sons in your possession, they are castoff shells endowed upon you by heaven and earth. Therefore, walking without thought for where you are going, having your home without thought about how to administer it, eating without thought for flavour or taste, all of this is endowed by the prevailing, vital breath of heaven and earth. How, then, could there be any possibility for a person to grasp it or take it into his possession?”
舜问乎丞曰：“道可得而有乎?”曰：“汝身非汝有也，汝何得有夫道!”舜曰：“吾身非吾有也，孰有之哉?”曰：“是天地之委形也;生非汝有，是天地之委和也;性命非汝有，是天地之委顺也;孙子非汝有，是天地之委蜕也。故行不知所往，处不知所持，食不知所味。天地之强阳气也，又胡可得而有邪!”
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