A tendency for deliberation and composure
Is not obtained while drinking strong wines,
But rather while sipping simple bean soup and drinking plain water.
A sense of pathos and compassion
Is not developed from the dry and solitary,
But rather from blowing the bamboo flute and plucking the lute.
This is known to be true:
The taste of the thick and rich is always short,
While the meaning of the simple and plain alone is truth.
---Hung Ying-ming---
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