Honor, Chuang-tzu (莊子)

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

- Chuang-tzu (莊子)

Beauty, Zhuangzi

毛嬙、麗姬，人之所美也，魚見之深入，鳥見之高飛，麋鹿見之決驟。

- 莊子, 齊物論

Mao Qiang(毛嬙) and Li Ji(麗嬉) were accounted by men to be most beautiful, but when fishes saw them, they dived deep in the water from them; when birds, they flew from them aloft; and when deer saw them, they separated and fled away.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Adjustment of Controversies (齊物論)

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Egotism·Humility, Zhuangzi

同於己為是之，異於己為非之。

- 莊子 寓言

Those which agree with their own they hold to be right, and those which do not so agree they hold to be wrong.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Metaphorical Language(寓言)

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Wisdom, Zhuangzi

則知者不言，言者不知，而世豈識之哉。

- 莊子, 天道

The wise do not speak and those who do speak are not wise. How should the world know that real nature?

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Way of Heaven (天道)

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Knowledge·Wisdom, Zhuangzi

吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。

- 莊子 養生主

There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Nourishing the Lord of Life (養生主)

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Life, Zhuangzi

人生天地之間，若白駒之過郤。

- 莊子 知北遊

Life between heaven and earth is like a white colt's passing a crevice.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Knowledge Rambling in the North (知北遊)

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Solitude·Self-reliance, Zhuangzi

儵魚出遊從容，是魚樂也。

- 莊子 秋水

These thryssas come out, and play about at their ease - that is the enjoyment of fishes.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Floods of Autumn (秋水)

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