Autumn Floods (2)

1 Most people are faultfinding with the reality.

2 As a kind of insect with single foot, Kui admires centipede who has so many feet, while centipede admires snake who could walk only by belly.

3 Snake respects wind who is free and fast, without trace. Wind is discontented with himself too. He thinks that eyes are greater and their vision could sweep everywhere without noise, nobody missed. However, eyes think that their field is bound and mind is the greatest. Mind flashes boundlessly far away.

4 Someday, Kui told centipede. “I have a single foot so I toil to walk, but my walk is simple. Mr. Centipede, you have so many feet. How do you operate them to walk?”

5 Centipede replied, “How to operate these feet? Your question corners me. Do you see somebody to spit? Sputum contains beads and fog that mixes to form a group sputum in which fog wraps beads. Could we ask them how to do it? My feet operate in sequence, which is a kind of no-learning skill and a secret of Heaven. I just know how to operate, but don’t know the formula of the operation.”

6 Centipede turned to ask snake, “My walk requires so many feet but my speed is low. You don’t have any feet, but I am far slower than you. Mr. Snake, how do you do it?”

7 Snake replied, “Every creature has its unique ability to live. My walking way is inborn. I have no foot so I develop to walk in this way.”

8 Snake raised his head to ask wind, “I have no foot but I have spines at least. You buddy, walk from North Sea to South Sea, so free. However, you have nothing, even no body. How do you do it?”

9 Wind said solemnly, “Right, I often roam from North Sea to South Sea. Nothing stops me. Anyone who points at me can pierce through me; anyone kicks me to right place; I seem so weak and vulnerable, but only I can pull out the roots of big tree and blow houses down. Therefore, enduring so many frustrations, I finally gain a great win. Only sage can have a great win like me.”