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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Inner Chapters -> The Great and Most Honoured Master -> 9

颜回Yan Hui said,
。” 'I am making progress.'
仲尼 Zhongni replied,
?” 'What do you mean?'
:“。”'I have ceased to think of benevolence and righteousness,' was the reply.
:“。”Very well; but that is not enough.
Another day, Hui again saw Zhongni,
and said,
。” 'I am making progress.'
:“?”What do you mean?
:“。”I have lost all thought of ceremonies and music.
:“。”Very well, but that is not enough.
A third day, Hui again saw (the Master),
and said,
。” 'I am making progress.'
:“?”What do you mean?
:“。”I sit and forget everything.
仲尼Zhongni changed countenance, and said,
?” 'What do you mean by saying that you sit and forget (everything)?'
颜回 Yan Hui replied,
'My connexion with the body and its parts is dissolved;
my perceptive organs are discarded.
Thus leaving my material form, and bidding farewell to my knowledge,
I am become one with the Great Pervader.
。” This I call sitting and forgetting all things.'
仲尼 Zhongni said,
'One (with that Pervader), you are free from all likings;
so transformed, you are become impermanent.
You have, indeed, become superior to me!
I must ask leave to follow in your steps.


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