![]() ![]() 'Now if we sell our secret, we can make a hundred measures in one morning. 'For generations we've been bleaching silk and we've never made more than a few measures of gold,' he said. The man called everyone to a family council. It's not that the gourds weren't fantastically big-but I decided they were no use and so I smashed them to pieces."Ĭhuang Tzu said, "You certainly are dense when it comes to using big things! In Sung there was a man who was skilled at making a salve to prevent chapped hands, and generation after generation his family made a living by bleaching silk in water, A traveler heard about the salve and offered to buy the prescription for a hundred measures of gold. I split it in half to make dippers, but they were so large and unwieldy that I couldn't dip them into anything. I tried using it for a water container, but it was so heavy I couldn't lift it. ![]() ![]() I planted them, and when they grew up, the fruit was big enough to hold five piculs. Hui Tzu said to Chuang Tzu, "The king of Wei gave me some seeds of a huge gourd. "Come," said Master Tung-kuo, "you must be more specific!" Master Tung-kuo asked Chuang Tzu, "This thing called the Way-where does it exist?"Ĭhuang Tzu said, "There's no place it doesn't exist." ![]() Chuang Tzu - Translated by Burton Watson Chuang Tzu Translated by Burton WatsonĬhuang Tzu - Translator: Burton Watson Where is the Tao? ![]()
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