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養生主 - Nourishing the Lord of Life

English translation: James Legge [?]
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4 養生主:
澤雉十步一啄,百步一飲,不蘄畜乎樊中。神雖王,不善也
Nourishing the Lord of...:
A pheasant of the marshes has to take ten steps to pick up a mouthful of food, and thirty steps to get a drink, but it does not seek to be nourished in a coop. Though its spirit would (there) enjoy a royal abundance, it does not think (such confinement) good.'

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