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Daoism -> Zhuangzi -> Outer Chapters -> The Revolution of Heaven -> 5.3

'Those who think that wealth is the proper thing for them
cannot give up their revenues;
those who seek distinction
cannot give up the thought of fame;
those who cleave to power
cannot give the handle of it to others.
While they hold their grasp of those things, they are afraid (of losing them).
When they let them go, they are grieved;
and they will not look at a single example,
from which they might perceive the (folly) of their restless pursuits:
such men are under the doom of Heaven.
Hatred and kindness; taking and giving; reproof and instruction; death and life: these eight things are instruments of rectification, but only those are able to use them who do not obstinately refuse to comply with their great changes.
Hence it is said, "Correction is Rectification."
When the minds of some do not acknowledge this, it is because the gate of Heaven (in them) has not been opened.


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