Most people, following their thought,

Once seeing an egg, look out for a rooster

That is to be hatched from it;

When seeing a gun, in no time look out

For a duck that is to be brought down by it,

Being roasted with relish.

But how could anyone, standing by the side

Of the sun and the moon, hold under one's arm

All space and all time? Such a tough question

Only means that the wise man and worthy leader

Keeps his mouth shut and puts aside all queries

That are uncertain and hard for understanding.

Making his inferior capacities united with him,

He honours the worldly wholeness he lives in.

While men in general bustle about and toil,

He seems stupid and to know nothing of life.

He blends ten thousand ages together

In the sole concept of time; a myriad things

All pursue their spontaneous routes

And they are all before his eyes as running so.