An idea from The Doctrine of the Mean

Plain as it is, any ordinary man or woman can know the way and live it. Followed to its far end, even a sage can’t finish knowing it or doing it. It shows above and below, like a hawk flying up to heaven and fish leaping in the deep.

From The Doctrine of the Mean by Zisi

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