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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> Daoxu -> 11

Creatures capable of flying and rising,
are provided with feathers and wings,
others fast at running,
have hoofs and strong feet.
Swift runners cannot fly,
and flyers not run.
Their bodies are differently organised according to the fluid they are endowed with.
Now man is a swift runner by nature,
therefore he does not grow feathers or plumes.
From the time he is full-grown up till his old age
he never gets them by any miracle.
If amongst the believers in Daoism and the students of the art of immortality
some became feathered and winged,
they might eventually fly and rise after all.


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