So taul soria thei callu? ("So what is life for?" translation)
From: | William Annis <annis@...> |
Date: | Friday, March 1, 2002, 19:32 |
>From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
>
>"...So what is life for? Life is for beauty and substance and sound and
>colour; and even those are often forbidden by law [socio-cultural
>conventions]. . . . Why not be free and live your own life? Why follow other
>people's rules and live to please others?..." ~Lieh-Tzu/Liezi, Taoist Sage
>(c. 450- c. 375 BCE) ~~~
I don't suppose anyone happens to know of a nice on-line
version of this text, and perhaps a chapter/line attestation? I'd
love to see the Chinese text before getting to attached to a Vaior
translation.
--
William Annis - System Administrator - Biomedical Computing Group
"When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do
towards other humans." Marcus Aurelius VII.65