Er Tzu came to Xu Yu. Xu Yu asked:
— What wealth did Yao give you?
Ier Tzu replied:
“Yao told me: “You must practice humanity and justice with all care and reveal the true and the false.
“Then why did you come here?” - Xu Yu said in response. “If Yao has already burned the mark of humanity and justice on you and crippled you with conversations about true and false, how can you wander on the roads where people walk carelessly and walk haphazardly?”
“Still, I would like to go to those lands,” said Ier Tzu.
“No, you won’t succeed,” answered Xu Yu. “You can’t explain the charm of a beauty’s eyelashes and cheeks to a blind man; people with eyesores won’t appreciate the dignity of formal clothes made of yellow and green silk.”
“Wuzhuang has lost his beauty, Juliang has lost his strength. The Yellow Lord has lost his wisdom. Everything that exists undergoes change. Who knows if the Creator of all things will not want to erase my mark from me and remove my injury so that I can once again become whole and unharmed and be able to follow you. Isn't that right, teacher?
- Hm, why not?..
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru