By Lie Yukou
Using many famous mythological figures and themes in Chinese history, the Liezi became the most practical Daoist book for common people. Officially made a state and Daoist classic by an emperor during the Tang dynasty, these stories became popular in children’s literature and a deep and basic part of Chinese culture.
“A dream is the meeting of minds, of mind with mind and of substance with substance.”
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“Drifting here and there, I did not know whether I rode on the wind or the wind rode on me.”
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“If a branch is too rigid, it will break… know how to yield, and you will survive.”
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“Is our ‘reality’ not as permanent as we think but just a fleeting thought, a dream?”
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“Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see.”
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“Life is such a short journey, why get imprisoned by social convention, peer approval, and useless worries?”
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“Lose your stillness and you will fail in everything you do.”
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“Since nothing is permanent, why become so attached to success and failure?”
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“Sleep is a time of rest. Why spend this time worrying? When there is no self, there will be no dreams.”
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“Society has set up a system of rewards - fame, fortune, pleasure, and power - and when people chase after these, they spend their lives following other people's demands never living a life of their own, like a slave or a prisoner.”
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“The contented person finds rest in death, and for the greedy person, death puts an end to his long list of desires… Death, then, for everyone is a kind of homecoming.”
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“The path of perennial victory is weakness. The path of perennial defeat is strength. These two are easy to recognize, but people remain oblivious to them.”
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76. The Soft and Flexible
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“The perfect man ignores self; the divine man ignores action; the true Sage ignores reputation.”
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“The world is what we make it and all happiness and suffering is self-created. Why continuously make more and more unnecessary problems?”
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“Those who govern others with worthiness never win them over. Those who serve others with worthiness never fail to gain their support.”
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68. Joining Heaven & Earth
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“To solve a problem, you need to remove the cause, not the symptom.”
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“Traditions and customs are set by people. Therefore what people regard as 'truth' tends to be a subjective matter.”
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“When the approval and disapproval of others become important, the honest and sincere expression of thoughts and feelings is lost.”
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20. Unconventional Mind
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“When there is no division between you and what is other, this is the ultimate experience of traveling.”
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“Who is more fortunate, the man who loses his memory and forgets all his worries or the one who doesn’t forget and suffers his worries all the time?”
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“Why place so much importance on love and loss of love when we know one day we must leave everyone?”
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