Zhuge Oracle Lesson 270

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Zhuge Oracle Lesson 270 “You till the fields with your own hands”: Living a life that asks nothing of others: though the body toils, the spirit is happy.

From the complete 384-lesson Zhuge Shen Shu (Zhuge Oracle) system.

Oracle Text

You till the fields with your own hands,
body and spirit seeming worn;
yet bound by nothing, tied to none—
your joy runs deep and warm.

Interpretation

Living a life that asks nothing of others: though the body toils, the spirit is happy.