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1、OnLevelingAllThingsTsech'iofNankuosatleaningonalowtable.Gazinguptoheaven,hesighedandlookedasthoughhehadlosthismind.Yench'engTseyu,whowasstandingbyhim,exclaimed,"Whatareyouthinkingaboutthatyourbodyshouldbecomethuslikedeadwood,yourmindlikeburnt-outcinders?Surelythemannowleaningonthetableisnothewho
2、washerejustnow.""Myfriend,"repliedTsech'i,"yourquestionisapposite.TodayIhavelostmySelf....Doyouunderstand?...Perhapsyouonlyknowthemusicofman,andnotthatofEarth.OrevenifyouhaveheardthemusicofEarth,perhapsyouhavenotheardthemusicofHeaven.""Prayexplain,"saidTseyu."Thebreathoftheuniverse,"continuedTse
3、ch'i,"iscalledwind.Attimes,itisinactive.Butwhenactive,allcrevicesresoundtoitsblast.Haveyouneverlistenedtoitsdeafeningroar?"Cavesanddellsofhillandforest,hollowsinhugetreesofmanyaspaningirth--somearelikenostrils,andsomelikemouths,andotherslikeears,beam-sockets,goblets,mortars,orlikepoolsandpuddles
4、.Andthewindgoesrushingthroughthem,likeswirlingtorrentsorsingingarrows,bellowing,sousing,trilling,wailing,roaring,purling,whistlinginfrontandechoingbehind,nowsoftwiththecoolblow,nowshrillwiththewhirlwind,untilthetempestispastandsilencereignssupreme.Haveyouneverwitnessedhowthetreesandobjectsshakea
5、ndquake,andtwistandtwirl?""Well,then,"inquiredTseyu,"sincethemusicofEarthconsistsofhollowsandapertures,andthemusicofmanofpipesandflutes,ofwhatconsiststhemusicofHeaven?""Theeffectofthewinduponthesevariousapertures,"repliedTsech'i,"isnotuniform,butthesoundsareproducedaccordingtotheirindividualcapa
6、cities.Whoisitthatagitatestheirbreasts?"Greatwisdomisgenerous;pettywisdomiscontentious.Greatspeechisimpassioned,smallspeechcantankerous."Forwhetherthesoulislockedinsleeporwhetherinwakinghoursthebodymoves,wearestrivingandstrugglingwiththeimmediatecircumstances.Someareeasy-goingandleisurely,somear
7、edeepandcunning,andsomearesecretive.Nowwearefrightenedoverpettyfears,nowdisheartenedanddismayedoversomegreatterror.Nowthemindfliesforthlikeanarrowfromacross-bow,tobethearbiterofrightandwrong.Nowitstaysbehindasifsworntoanoath
