Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the thing that it is pursuing cannot be put into words and handed down. The world values words and hands down books but, though the world values them, I do not think them worth valuing. What the world takes to be values is not real value.


The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu (ed. Columbia University Press, 1968) - ISBN: 9780231031479


Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning....

Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning....

Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning....

Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning....