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The True Man - Chuang Tzu



    What is meant by a "true man"?
    The true men of old
    were not afraid when
    they stood alone in their views.
    No great exploits.
    No plans.
    If they failed, no sorrows.
    No self-congratualations in success.
    They scaled cliffs, never dizzy,
    plunged in water, never wet,
    Walked through fire and were not burnt.
    Thus their knowledge reached
    all the way to Tao.
    The true men of old
    slept without dreams,
    woke without worries.
    Their food was plain.
    They breathed deep.
    True men breathe from their heels.
    Others breathe with their gullets,
    half-strangled. In dispute
    they heave up arguements
    like vomit.
    Where the fountains of passion lie deep
    the heavenly springs are soon dry.
    The true men of old
    knew no lust for life,
    no dread of death.
    Their entrance was without gladness,
    their exit, yonder, without resistance.
    Easy come, easy go.

    They did not forget where from,
    nor ask where to,
    nor drive grimly forward
    fighting their way through life.
    They took life as it came, gladly;
    took death as it came, without care;
    and went away, yonder, yonder !
    They had no mind to fight Tao.
    They did not try, by their own contriving,
    to help Tao along.
    These are the ones we call true men.

    Minds free,
    thoughts gone,
    browse clear, faces serene.
    Were they cool?
    Only cool as autumn.
    Were they hot?
    No hotter than spring.
    All that came out of them
    came quiet,
    like the four seasons.
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