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在宥 - Letting Be, and Exercising Forbearance

English translation: James Legge [?]
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4 在宥:
雲將東遊,過扶搖之枝,而適遭鴻蒙。鴻蒙方將拊髀雀躍而遊。雲將見之,倘然止,贄然立,曰:「叟何人邪?叟何為此?」鴻蒙拊髀雀躍不輟,對雲將曰:「遊。」雲將曰:「朕願有問也。」鴻蒙仰而視雲將曰:「吁!」雲將曰:「天氣不合,地氣鬱結,六氣不調,四時不節。今我願合六氣之精,以育群生,為之奈何?」鴻蒙拊髀雀躍掉頭曰:「吾弗知,吾弗知。」雲將不得問。又三年,東遊,過有宋之野,而適遭鴻蒙。雲將大喜,行趨而進曰:「天忘朕邪?天忘朕邪?」再拜稽首,願聞於鴻蒙。鴻蒙曰:「浮游不知所求,猖狂不知所往,遊者鞅掌,以觀無妄,朕又何知!」雲將曰:「朕也自以為猖狂,而百姓隨予所往;朕也不得已於民,今則民之放也。願聞一言。」鴻蒙曰:「亂天之經,逆物之情,玄天弗成;解獸之群,而鳥皆夜鳴;災及草木,禍及止蟲。意!治人之過也!」雲將曰:「然則吾奈何?」鴻蒙曰:「意!毒哉!僊僊乎歸矣!」雲將曰:「吾遇天難,願聞一言。」鴻蒙曰:「意!心養。汝徒處無為,而物自化。墮爾形體,吐爾聰明;倫與物忘,大同乎涬溟;解心釋神,莫然無魂。萬物云云,各復其根,各復其根而不知。渾渾沌沌,終身不離;若彼知之,乃是離之。無問其名,無闚其情,物故自生。」雲將曰:「天降朕以德,示朕以默,躬身求之,乃今也得。」再拜稽首,起辭而行。
Letting Be, and Exercising...:
Yun Jiang, rambling to the east, having been borne along on a gentle breeze, suddenly encountered Hong Mang, who was rambling about, slapping his buttocks and hopping like a bird. Amazed at the sight, Yun Jiang stood reverentially, and said to the other, 'Venerable Sir, who are you? and why are you doing this ?' Hong Mang went on slapping his buttocks and hopping like a bird, but replied, 'I am enjoying myself.' Yun Jiang said, 'I wish to ask you a question.' Hong Mang lifted up his head, looked at the stranger, and said, 'Pooh!' Yun Jiang, however, continued, 'The breath of heaven is out of harmony; the breath of earth is bound up; the six elemental influences do not act in concord; the four seasons do not observe their proper times. Now I wish to blend together the essential qualities of those six influences in order to nourish all living things - how shall I go about it?' Hong Mang slapped his buttocks, hopped about, and shook his head, saying, 'I do not know; I do not know!'
Yun Jiang could not pursue his question; but three years afterwards, when (again) rambling in the east, as he was passing by the wild of Sung, he happened to meet Hong Mang. Delighted with the rencontre, he hastened to him, and said, 'Have you forgotten me, 0 Heaven? Have you forgotten me, 0 Heaven?' At the same time, he bowed twice with his head to the ground, wishing to receive his instructions. Hong Mang said, 'Wandering listlessly about, I know not what I seek; carried on by a wild impulse, I know not where I am going. I wander about in the strange manner (which you have seen), and see that nothing proceeds without method and order - what more should I know?' Yun Jiang replied, 'I also seem carried on by an aimless influence, and yet the people follow me wherever I go. I cannot help their doing so. But now as they thus imitate me, I wish to hear a word from you (in the case).' The other said, 'What disturbs the regular method of Heaven, comes into collision with the nature of things, prevents the accomplishment of the mysterious (operation of) Heaven, scatters the herds of animals, makes the birds all sing at night, is calamitous to vegetation, and disastrous to all insects - all this is owing, I conceive, to the error of governing men.' 'What then,' said Yun Jiang, 'shall I do?' 'Ah,' said the other, 'you will only injure them! I will leave you in my dancing way, and return to my place.' Yun Jiang rejoined, 'It has been a difficult thing to get this meeting with you, 0 Heaven! I should like to hear from you a word (more).' Hong Mang said, 'Ah! your mind (needs to be) nourished. Do you only take the position of doing nothing, and things will of themselves become transformed. Neglect your body; cast out from you your power of hearing and sight; forget what you have in common with things; cultivate a grand similarity with the chaos of the plastic ether; unloose your mind; set your spirit free; be still as if you had no soul. Of all the multitude of things every one returns to its root. Every one returns to its root, and does not know (that it is doing so). They all are as in the state of chaos, and during all their existence they do not leave it. If they knew (that they were returning to their root), they would be (consciously) leaving it. They do not ask its name; they do not seek to spy out their nature; and thus it is that things come to life of themselves.'
Yun Jiang said, 'Heaven, you have conferred on me (the knowledge of) your operation, and revealed to me the mystery of it. All my life I had been seeking for it, and now I have obtained it.' He then bowed twice, with his head to the ground, arose, took his leave, and walked away.

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