>>40543392 (OP)Intellectual people are unhappy when deprived of the constant transmutation of ideas. Debaters are unhappy when deprived of the orderly progression of arguments. Critics are unhappy when deprived of the task of berating and nitpicking. These are people who pen themselves in with mere things. Men who can solicit the attention of the age become rising stars at court. Those who can satisfy the populace are honored with official positions. Those with physical strength are proud of difficult feats. Those who are brave and daring are spurred on by calamity. Those skilled in handling weaponry delight in combat. The dried-out and depleted rest on their reputations. The masters of ritual instruction revere proper demeanor. The men of humankindness and responsible conduct cherish the interfaces of human relationships. When farmers have no work to do with their crops and weeds, they fall to pieces, as do merchants deprived of their markets. When the common people are given work to do morning until night, they become diligent. When craftsmen are skilled in handling their tools and machines, they become vigorous. Without an accumulation of wealth, the greedy get anxious. Without expanding power and influence, the ambitious get depressed.
This is the only way these slaves to circumstances and external things delight in the process of transformation. When they meet with a time that can make use of something about them, they are unable to resist doing their thing, unable to practice non-doing. Thus do they comply and align themselves with whatever is brought by every passing year, instead of letting change be their very thinghood. Thus do they drive their bodies and inborn natures about, sinking beneath the material world, never turning back for their entire lives. How sad!
tldr; keep it to yourself.
