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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Miscellaneous Chapters -> Kings who have wished to resign the Throne -> 1.3

天下Shun proposed to resign the throne to Shan Juan,
who said,
'I am a unit in the midst of space and time.
In winter I wear skins and furs;
in summer, grass-cloth and linen;
in spring I plough and sow,
my strength being equal to the toil;
in autumn I gather in my harvest,
and am prepared to cease from labour and eat.
At sunrise I get up and work;
at sunset I rest.
So do I enjoy myself between heaven and earth, and my mind is content:
天下 why should I have anything to do with the throne?
Alas!
!」that you, Sir, do not know me better!'
Thereupon he declined the proffer,
and went away, deep among the hills,
no man knew where.


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