I've heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there … - Zhuangzi

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I've heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there are bound to be machine worries; where there are machine worries, there are bound to be machine hearts. With a machine heart in your breast, you've spoiled what was pure and simple; and without the pure and simple, the life of the spirit knows no rest.

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莊子 Zhūangzi (c. 369 BC – c. 286 BC), literally Master Zhuang, was a Chinese philosopher, who is supposed to have lived during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought. His name is also transliterated as Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou, Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tse. Chuang was his surname and Tse indicates master; so he would be referred to as Master Chuang. You will also see his name given as "Chuang Chou" or "Zhuang Zhu", this was his proper name, first and last, not an alternate spelling of "Chuang Tzu" or "Zhuangzi".

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Native Name: 庄子 • 莊子

Alternative Names: Zhuang Zi • Chuang Tzŭ • Chuang Tzu • Chuangtzŭ • Chuangtzu • Zhuang Zhou • Chuang Chou • Master Zhuang • Tchouang-tse • Chuang-tzu • Chuang-tse

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