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Taoist
9th Century

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Timeline (9th Century)

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English version by
Thomas Cleary

Original Language
Chinese
Favor and disgrace are meaningless --

Themes
  Moon
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women, Edited by Thomas Cleary
The Shambhala Anthology of Women's Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Aliki Barnstone

Favor and disgrace are meaningless --
What's the use of contending?
Drifting clouds do not obstruct the shining moonlight.
Let the ox and the horse be called,
To both I can respond --
But how could I let a speck of dust
Into the city of the mind?

 

 

-- from Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women, Edited by Thomas Cleary

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