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1、ThePreservationofLifeHumanlifeislimited,butknowledgeislimitless.Todrivethelimitedinpursuitofthelimitlessisfatal;andtopresumethatonereallyknowsisfatalindeed!Indoinggood,avoidfame.Indoingbad,avoiddisgrace.Pursueamiddlecourseasyourprinciple.Thusyouwillguardyourbodyfromharm,preserveyou
2、rlife,fulfillyourdutiesbyyourparents,andliveyourallottedspanoflife.PrinceHuei'scookwascuttingupabullock.Everyblowofhishand,everyheaveofhisshoulders,everytreadofhisfoot,everythrustofhisknee,everywhshhofrentflesh,everychhkofthechopper,wasinperfectrhythm,--likethedanceoftheMulberryGro
3、ve,liketheharmoniouschordsofChingShou."Welldone!"criedthePrince."Yoursisskillindeed!""Sire,"repliedthecooklayingdownhischopper,"IhavealwaysdevotedmyselftoTao,whichishigherthanmereskill.WhenIfirstbegantocutupbullocks,Isawbeforemewholebullocks.Afterthreeyears'practice,Isawnomorewhole
4、animals.AndnowIworkwithmymindandnotwithmyeye.Mymindworksalongwithoutthecontrolofthesenses.Fallingbackuponeternalprinciples,Iglidethroughsuchgreatjointsorcavitiesastheremaybe,accordingtothenaturalconstitutionoftheanimal.Idonoteventouchtheconvolutionsofmuscleandtendon,stilllessattemp
5、ttocutthroughlargebones."Agoodcookchangeshischopperonceayear,--becausehecuts.Anordinarycook,oneamonth,--becausehehacks.ButIhavehadthischoppernineteenyears,andalthoughIhavecutupmanythousandbullocks,itsedgeisasiffreshfromthewhetstone.Foratthejointstherearealwaysinterstices,andtheedge
6、ofachopperbeingwithoutthickness,itremainsonlytoinsertthatwhichiswithoutthicknessintosuchaninterstice.Indeedthereisplentyofroomforthebladetomoveabout.ItisthusthatIhavekeptmychopperfornineteenyearsasthoughfreshfromthewhetstone."Nevertheless,whenIcomeuponaknottypartwhichisdifficulttot
7、ackle,Iamallcaution.Fixingmyeyeonit,Istaymyhand,andgentlyapplymyblade,untilwithahwahthepartyieldslikeearthcrumblingtotheground.ThenItakeoutmychopperandstandup,andlookaround,andpausewithanairoftriumph.Thenwipingmychopper,Iputitcarefullyaway.""Bravo!"criedthePrince."Fromthewordsofthi
8、scookIhavelearnedhowtotake
