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  • Why Chasing Joy Makes You Miserable

    This commentary on Zhuangzi – Zhile argues chasing joy brings misery. It interprets core parables including Zhuangzi singing at his wife’s death, the skull’s dream and the sea‑bird fable, advocating wu‑wei and non‑clinging.

  • Key of a stolen bag

    There was once a fool who, on coming to the capital for the civil examination, discovered that he had lost his leather bag.