The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 24
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24. He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him. Such conditions, viewed from the standpoint of the To, are like remnants of food, or a tumour on the body, which all dislike. Hence those who pursue (the course) of the To do not adopt and allow them.
, 'Painful Graciousness.' The chapter should be so designated. This concludes the subject of the two previous chapters,-pursuing the course, the course of the unemotional To without vain effort or display.
The remnants of food were not used as sacrificial offerings;--see the L K (vol. xxvii, p. 82). In what I have rendered by 'a tumour attached to the body,' the
is probably, by a mistake, for
;--see a quotation by W Khng from Sze-m Khien. "Which all dislike' is, literally, 'Things are likely to dislike them,' the 'things' being 'spirits and men,' as W explains the term.
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24. He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him. Such conditions, viewed from the standpoint of the To, are like remnants of food, or a tumour on the body, which all dislike. Hence those who pursue (the course) of the To do not adopt and allow them.
, 'Painful Graciousness.' The chapter should be so designated. This concludes the subject of the two previous chapters,-pursuing the course, the course of the unemotional To without vain effort or display.
The remnants of food were not used as sacrificial offerings;--see the L K (vol. xxvii, p. 82). In what I have rendered by 'a tumour attached to the body,' the
is probably, by a mistake, for
;--see a quotation by W Khng from Sze-m Khien. "Which all dislike' is, literally, 'Things are likely to dislike them,' the 'things' being 'spirits and men,' as W explains the term.
