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"Chuang Tzu replied, 'Have you
never seen a wildcat or a weasel? There it lies, crouching and low, till the
wanderer approaches; east and west it leaps about, avoiding neither what is high
nor what is low, till it is caught in a trap, or dies in a net. Again there is
the Yak, so large that it is like a cloud hanging in the sky. It is large
indeed, but it cannot catch mice. " [More below...]
[From: Book of Chuang Tzu - translated by Legge.]
William Michael Connolley
What does the bible
say about weasels?
It is clear that the bible (old testament) represents the one true religion
- no others seem to mention weasels.
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[Chuang Tzu replied]
We know (for instance) that East and West are opposed to each
other, and yet that the one cannot be without the
other; thus their share of mutual service is determined. Looking at them with
respect to their tendencies, if we approve of what they approve, then there is
no one who may not be approved of; and, if we condemn what they condemn, there
is no one who may not be condemned...
The (horses)
Khih-ki and Hwa-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats
they were not equal to a wild dog or a weasel; the gifts of creatures are
different. The white horned owl collects its fleas in the night-time, and can
discern the point of a hair, but in bright day it stares with its eyes and
cannot see a mound or a hill; the natures of creatures are different.
'Hence the sayings, "Shall we not follow and honour the right, and have nothing
to do with the wrong? shall we not follow and honour those who secure good
government, and have nothing to do with those who produce disorder?" show a want
of acquaintance with the principles of Heaven and Earth, and with the different
qualities of things. It is like following and honouring Heaven and taking no
account of Earth; it is like following and honouring the Yin and taking no
account of the Yang. It is clear that such a course cannot be pursued. Yet
notwithstanding they go on talking so: if they are not stupid, they are
visionaries. The Ti sovereigns resigned their thrones to others in one way, and
the rulers of the three dynasties transmitted their thrones to their successors
in another. He who acts differently from the requirements of his time and
contrary to its custom is called an usurper...
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