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Zhuangzi

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.

Zhuangzi

Nature

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Zhuangzi is saying that people who try to control or limit the human mind using rituals, music, or fake acts of kindness and devotion have moved away from their true, natural state. He suggests that these artificial behaviors prevent the mind from being free and authentic.

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