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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> What comes from Without -> 10

'Virtue overflows into (the love of) fame;
(the love of) fame overflows into violence;
schemes originate in the urgency (of circumstances);
(the show of) wisdom comes from rivalry;
the fuel (of strife) is produced from the obstinate maintenance (of one's own views);
the business of offices should be apportioned in accordance with the approval of all.
In spring, when the rain and the sunshine come seasonably,
vegetation grows luxuriantly,
and sickles and hoes begin to be prepared.
More than half of what had fallen down becomes straight,
and we do not know how.


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