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《至樂 - Perfect Enjoyment》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《至樂》 Library Resources |
| 6 | 至樂: | 列子行食於道，從見百歲髑髏，攓蓬而指之曰：「唯予與汝知而未嘗死，未嘗生也。若果養乎？予果歡乎？」 |
| Perfect Enjoyment: | Liezi (once) upon a journey took a meal by the road-side. There he saw a skull a hundred years old, and, pulling away the bush (under which it lay), he pointed to it and said, 'It is only you and I who know that you are not dead, and that (aforetime) you were not alive. Do you indeed really find (in death) the nourishment (which you like)? Do I really find (in life my proper) enjoyment? |
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