Qing Tzu asked Yang Zhu:
“Would you pluck one hair from yourself if it could help the world?”
“Of course, the world cannot be helped by just one hair.”
- And if it were possible, would you pull it out?
Yang Zhu remained silent.
Qin Tzu went out and reported everything to Mensun-Yang.
Mensun-Yang said:
“You didn’t understand the teacher’s thoughts.” Let me explain this to you. Would you be willing to cut your skin to get the darkness of gold?
- I would agree.
“Would you agree to lose a joint in order to gain a kingdom?”
Qin Tzu remained silent.
- Let's think about it. After all, a hair is smaller than skin; the skin is smaller than the joint. However, by gathering hair by hair, skin is formed, and skin, gathering, forms a joint. Is it possible to neglect even a hair if it is one of the darkness of the body?
“I have nothing to answer you,” said Qing Tzu. “But if you ask Lao Tzu and the Border Guard about your speech, they would recognize your words as fair; If you ask the great Young Dragon and Mo Di about my speech, they would recognize my words as fair.
Mensun-Yang, turning to his students, started talking about something else
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru