Zhuang Zhou: Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion h

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and mu — Zhuang Zhou

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

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