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Chuang Tzu - from The Flight of Lin Hui
Identifier
015083
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
from THE FLIGHT OF LIN HUI
Where self-interest is the bond,
The friendship is dissolved
When calamity comes.
Where Tao is the bond,
Friendship is made perfect
By calamity.
The friendship of wise men
Is tasteless as water.
The friendship of fools
Is sweet as wine.
But the tastelessness of the wise
Brings true affection
And the savour of fools' company
Ends in hatred.