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| Dam the River and it will break through.
Corner the Beast and it will lash out.
The emotions, the passions, the fervor:
Do not restrain them, do not encourage them.
The uncontrollable are best directed,
Just as Sovereign Yu directed the muddy Waters.
And just as the Heavens direct the Affairs of Earth. | | |
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Go without happiness.
Go without sadness.
Go without anger and excitement,
love and hate.
Be content without contenting yourself.
Ugliness comes from seeing,
Shrillness comes from hearing.
There are no surprises without expectation.
No amount of having could be as pleasant
as not having. | | |
| Those who treat every day as their first, find beauty in all things.
Those who treat every day as their last, find importance in all things.
If I knew I was to die,
what should I do?
Life is short;
that saying is common.
If I was going to die,
why should I change?
If I never took care of myself before,
why start now?
I never spent much money,
why do it now?
If I was to be reborn,
what should I do?
It seems like a happy moment,
but is it?
To be born back into this world,
to suffer once more
of mixed emotions and needs.
Birth calls for mourning.
Innocence returns to me,
but why keep what doesn't last?
Live with principles,
die with principles.
This is not a question of morality,
only of life. | | |
| How noisy the outside world is!
Was all this once simple farmland?
Was all this once Nature's beauty?
When cultures were not so advanced,
When philosophies were mere words;
How difficult it is to revert back! | | |
| The red wall towers over us;
They say it is stone,
but it is actually wood.
They say it can last centuries,
but I can foresee its decay.
Who are "They"?
Where is the truth?
Have we built the wall
between what is real
and what is not? | | |
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