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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Outer Chapters -> The Full Understanding of Life -> 14.3 - Additional information
扁子曰:「不然。昔者有鳥止於魯郊,魯君說之,為具太牢以饗之,奏九韶以樂之,鳥乃始憂悲眩視,不敢飲食。此之謂以己養養鳥也。若夫以鳥養養鳥者,宜棲之深林,浮之江湖,食之以委蛇,則平陸而已矣。今休,款啟寡聞之民也,吾告以至人之德,譬之若載鼷以車馬,樂鴳以鐘鼓也。彼又奚能無驚乎哉?」