It is not by accident that we have our life.
It is not by chance that our life is what it is.
The Universe is very extensive.
Things are very numerous.
Yet in it, and among them, we are just
what we are.
Even the Universe itself, even the state or
the sage,
Even the most strong or the most wise
Cannot be exceptions to the general rule.
What we are not, we cannot be.
What we are, we cannot but be.
What we do not do, we cannot do.
What we do, we cannot but do.
Let every thing be what it is,
Then there will be peace.
Guo Xiang (252-312)
