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Confucianism -> Lunheng -> Daoxu -> 51

When plants and trees, while growing,
are violently shaken, they are injured, and pine away.
寿 Why then should man by drawing his breath and moving his body gain a long life and not die?
The blood arteries traverse the body, as streams and rivers flow through the land.
While thus flowing,
the latter lose their limpidity, and become turbid.
When the blood is moved,
it becomes agitated also, which causes uneasiness.
Uneasiness is like the hardships man has to endure without remedy.
How can that be conducive to a long life?


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