This article delves into the legendary discipline of King Goujian of Yue following his defeat by the State of Wu in 494 BCE. It details how Goujian endured three years of captivity before returning home to implement a rigorous strategy of national revival. To ensure he never forgot his humiliation, he famously “Slept on…
8.21 The Master said,”In Yu I can find no semblance of a flaw. Abstemious in his own food and drink, he displayed the utmost devotion in his offerings to spirits and divinities. Content with the plainest clothes for common wear, he saw to it that his sacrificial apron and ceremonial headdress were of the…
3.22 The Master said, “Guan Zhong was in reality a man of very narrow capacities.”
The Dao, due to its all-encompassing and formless nature, cannot be grasped through the perception of concrete forms. We learn to cultivate the Dao by emulating the sages.