External Things (7)

1 Huizi told Chuang Tzu, “What you speak of all day is useless and impractical.”

2 Chuang Tzu answered, “Right. Before we speak of something useful, we should understand something useless. You look, how broad is our land but what useful to you is a small plot. When you pass away, the plot is useless to you too.

3 Stroking his chin, Huizi whispered, “Well, it is rational.”

4 Chuang Tzu concluded the discussion, he said, “In this world, there are something which seems useless to us in the surface; However, actually they are very useful and essential to us.”