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All the World's a Stage

Dao is so versatile! She can act and direct!

Everything exists because of her, and she conjures us, but not to adore her. When the story ends, we don't even know her name.

She nurtures and provides for us and we don't even notice. Objectively, you could say that we take her for granted.

Everything happens because of her and we don't even notice. You could say she's the star of the show.

Ultimately, she tells great stories because she doesn't sing her own praise.

Notes

This is one of a few poems that address directly, and in this one, true greatness is anonymous and goes unnoticed.

is an expression from chapter 1 that describes the objective state beyond desire that lets us , observe its subtleties, as opposed to , the subjective state of longing that , gives it meaning.

It's a love story.

Vocabulary

dà dài
大 37 + 0
big, great, vast, large, high
dào dǎo
辵 162 + 9
path, road, street; method, way
fàn fá
水 85 + 3
float, drift; afloat; careless
八 12 + 2
exclamatory particle
qí jī
八 12 + 6
his, her, its, their; that
kě gē
口 30 + 2
may, can, -able; possibly
zuǒ
工 48 + 2
left; east; unorthodox, improper
yòu
口 30 + 2
right; west; right-wing
wàn
禸 114 + 8
ten thousand; innumerable
牛 93 + 4
thing, substance, creature
shì zhì
心 61 + 6
rely on, presume on, trust to
zhī zhū
丿 4 + 3
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
ér néng
而 126 + 0
and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
shēng
生 100 + 0
life, living, lifetime; birth
bù fǒu
一 1 + 3
no, not; un-; negative prefix
辛 160 + 12
words, speech, expression, phrase
gōng
力 19 + 3
achievement, merit, good result
chéng
戈 62 + 2
completed, finished, fixed
míng mìng
口 30 + 3
name, rank, title, position
yǒu yòu
月 74 + 2
have, own, possess; exist
yī yì
衣 145 + 0
clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
yǎng yàng
食 184 + 6
raise, rear, bring up; support
wèi
火 86 + 5
do, handle, govern, act; be
zhǔ zhù
丶 3 + 4
master, chief owner; host; lord
cháng
巾 50 + 8
common, normal, frequent, regular
wú mó
火 86 + 8
negative, no, not; lack, have no
欠 76 + 7
desire, want, long for; intend
yú wū
方 70 + 4
in, at, on; interjection alas!
xiǎo
小 42 + 0
small, tiny, insignificant
guī kuì
止 77 + 14
return; return to, revert to
yān yí
火 86 + 7
thereupon, then; how? why? where?
yǐ sì
人 9 + 3
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
zhōng
糸 120 + 5
end; finally, in the end
自 132 + 0
self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
攴 66 + 5
ancient, old; reason, because
néng tái
肉 130 + 6
to be able; can, permitted to; ability
guān guàn
見 147 + 18
see, observe, view; appearance; hexagram ䷓
miào miǎo
女 38 + 4
mysterious, subtle; exquisite
jiào jiǎo
彳 60 + 13
frontier, border; inspect, patrol