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反衍
pàn yǎn ㄆㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ : 漫衍,变化。 Change, alteration.
庄子·秋水》:北海若曰:“以道观之,何贵何贱,是谓反衍,无拘而志,与道大蹇。”
Ruo of the Northern Sea replied, 'From the standpoint of the Dao, what is noble? and what is mean? These expressions are but the different extremes of the average level. Do not keep pertinaciously to your own ideas, which put you in such opposition to the Dao.'

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