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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Kings who have wished to resign the Throne -> 6 - Additional information
故曰:道之真以治身,其緒餘以為國家,其土苴以治天下。由此觀之,帝王之功,聖人之餘事也,非所以完身養生也。今世俗之君子,多為身棄生以殉物,豈不悲哉!凡聖人之動作也,必察其所以之,與其所以為。今且有人於此,以隨侯之珠彈千仞之雀,世必笑之。是何也?則其所用者重而所要者輕也。夫生者,豈特隨侯之重哉!