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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Inner Chapters -> The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings -> 2

肩吾狂接輿Jian Wu went to see the mad (recluse), Jie-yu,
狂接輿 who said to him,
?」 'What did Ri-Zhong Shi tell you?'
肩吾 The reply was,
'He told me that when rulers gave forth their regulations according to their own views and enacted righteous measures,
!」no one would venture not to obey them, and all would be transformed.'
狂接輿 Jie-yu said,
'That is but the hypocrisy of virtue.
天下For the right ordering of the world
it would be like trying to wade through the sea and dig through the He,
使 or employing a mosquito to carry a mountain on its back.
聖人 And when a sage is governing,
does he govern men's outward actions?
He is (himself) correct, and so (his government) goes on;
this is the simple and certain way by which he secures the success of his affairs.
Think of the bird which flies high, to avoid being hurt by the dart on the string of the archer,
and the little mouse which makes its hole deep under Shen-qiu
to avoid the danger of being smoked or dug out;
!」 are (rulers) less knowing than these two little creatures?'


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