The True Man
Life has a limit, but knowledge has no limits.
For the limited to pursue the unlimited is futile.
To know this and still pursue knowledge is even more futile.
In doing good, avoid fame.
In doing evil avoid punishment.
Thus, by pursuing the middle way, you may preserve your body, fulfill your life, look after your parents, and live out your years.
Name is only the shadow of reality.
The perfect person has no self, the holy one has no merit, the wise have no reputation. Chuang Tzu
When Shun was close to death he commanded Yu, “Take care of what I say! Concerning the body, just let it go with the flow. Concerning feelings, let them follow their course. If you go with the flow, you avoid separation. If you follow the course of feelings, you avoid exhaustion. No separation, no exhaustion, so no need to adorn the exterior of the body. When you no longer need to do this, you are free of concern with material things.”