You cannot even order your own body; what leisure do you ha… - Zhuang Zhou

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You cannot even order your own body; what leisure do you have to order the world?

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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: 莊子 • 庄子

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

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You have only to rest in inaction and things will transform themselves. Smash your form and body, spit out hearing and eyesight, forget you are a thing among other things, and you may join in great unity with the deep and boundless.

The breathing of the wise person comes from their heels, while most people breathe only from their throats.

Colui che non riesce a trovare spazio per gli altri manca di comprensione, e a chi manca di comprensione tutti risultano estranei.

You cannot even order your own body; what leisure do you have to order the world? - Zhuang Zhou

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