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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Outer Chapters -> Knowledge Rambling in the North -> 1.1

Knowledge had rambled northwards to the region of the Dark Water,
where he ascended the height of Imperceptible Slope,
when it happened that he met with Dumb Inaction.
Knowledge addressed him, saying,
'I wish to ask you some questions:
By what process of thought and anxious consideration do we get to know the Dao?
Where should we dwell and what should we do to find our rest in the Dao?
?」From what point should we start and what path should we pursue to make the Dao our own?'
He asked these three questions, but Dumb Inaction gave him no reply.
Not only did he not answer,
but he did not know how to answer.
Knowledge, disappointed by the fruitlessness of his questions,
returned to the south of the Bright Water,
and ascended the height of the End of Doubt,
where he saw Heedless Blurter,
to whom he put the same questions,
and who replied,
'Ah!
I know,
and will tell you.'
。」But while he was about to speak, he forgot what he wanted to say.
Knowledge, (again) receiving no answer to his questions,
returned to the palace of the Di,
黃帝where he saw Huang-Di, and put the questions to him.
黃帝 Huang-Di said,
'To exercise no thought and no anxious consideration is the first step towards knowing the Dao;
to dwell nowhere and do nothing is the first step towards resting in the Dao;
。」 to start from nowhere and pursue no path is the first step towards making the Dao your own.'


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