Dai Ta Ching, Passage 20: (Being different from ordinary men) Cease learning, no more worries Respectful response and scornful response How much is the difference? Goodness and evil How much do they differ? What the people fear, I cannot be unafraid So desolate! How limitless it is! The people are excited As if enjoying a great feast As if climbing up to the terrace in spring I alone am quiet and uninvolved Like an infant not yet smiling So weary, like having no place to return The people all have surplus While I alone seem lacking I have the heart of a fool indeed - so ignorant! Ordinary people are bright I alone am muddled Ordinary people are scrutinizing I alone am obtuse So tranquil, like the ocean So moving, as if without limits The people all have goals And I alone am stubborn and lowly I alone am different from them And value the nourishing mother
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