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> Does Master Know?
By sedron | November 1, 2007
An apprentice asked the Master: “Is there a standard of knowledge for all things?”
Master: “How should I know?”
Apprentice: “Geez…what a letdown.”
Master: “Don’t be diasppointed. How do you know….when I say ‘know’, I don’t really mean ‘not know’?….or, when I say ‘not know,’ I don’t really mean ‘know’?”
The Master continued…
“If a person sleeps in a wet place, he’s likely to get arthritis, right? But, would a mudfish?
If a person tried to live in a tall tree, he woud be afraid, but would a monkey?
People, mudfish, and monkey all live in different places. Where’s the standard?
People eat meat, deers eat grass, crows eat mice, giant centipedes eat snakes. These four animals are all different. Who’s to say which of their diets is right?”
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only “certain” standard.
齧缺問乎王倪曰：「子知物之所同是乎？」曰：「吾惡乎知之！」「子知子之所不知邪？」曰：「吾惡乎知之！」「然則物無知邪？」曰：「吾惡乎知之！」雖然，嘗試言之。庸詎知吾所謂知之非不知邪？庸詎知吾所謂不知之非知邪？且吾嘗試問乎女：民濕寢則腰疾偏死，鰍然乎哉？木處則惴慄恂懼，猿猴然乎哉？三者孰知正處？民食芻豢，麋鹿食薦，蝍且甘帶，鴟鴉耆鼠，四者孰知正味？
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