Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whe…

Zhuangzi
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Now, when ordinary people attempt to find happiness, I am not sure whether the happiness is really happiness or not. I study what ordinary people do to find happiness, what they struggle for, rushing about apparently unable to stop.
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