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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> What comes from Without -> 6.2

仲尼Zhongni said,
余且'The spirit-like tortoise could show itself in a dream to the ruler Yuan, and yet it could not avoid the net of Yu Qie.
Its wisdom could respond on seventy-two perforations without failing in a single divination,
and yet it could not avoid the agony of having its bowels all scooped out.
We see from this that wisdom is not without its perils,
and spirit-like intelligence does not reach to everything.
A man may have the greatest wisdom,
but there are a myriad men scheming against him.
Fishes do not fear the net, though they fear the pelican.
Put away your small wisdom, and your great wisdom will be bright;
。」discard your skilfulness, and you will become naturally skilful.
A child when it is born needs no great master, and yet it becomes able to speak,
living (as it does) among those who are able to speak.'


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