I tried searching but couldnt find it, I googled it and searched hat rack for it, and excuse me for being lazy, but I have no idea when in the book its mentioned where it is that it's mentioned about han fei-tzu changing his table/rug/picture daily.
Does anyone know the page(s)? that's all I need. Even the chapter would do.
PS: Sorry for run-on sentences, punctuation, and possible grammatical errors my post may contain.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
I'm rereading that book right now... I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in about 75-120? Just guessing... Do you want me to search for you? I've got the book right next to me...
Posted by Alex Johansen (Member # 9090) on :
that would be great, but i think i can find it, i also have it next to me, I am just being lazy.
thank you
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Got it - page 84 of the paperback.
(chapter 5)
Posted by Alex Johansen (Member # 9090) on :
A pure soul must never grow attached to any one thing, a pure soul must expose itself to new things everyday.
Thank you CMC
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
No problem... : )
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
No...that's not it!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Frankly, that's even dumber than "He who owns the most toys wins!"
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
"One of each thing was enough for a pure soul."
But the other quote comes later?
Does this thread stem from a different one and I'm getting into something I might want to stay out of?
And - aspectre - what's 'that'?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
"han fei-tzu changing his table/rug/picture daily" with the excuse of "A pure soul must never grow attached to any one thing, a pure soul must expose itself to new things everyday."
Sounds like the behaviour of an obsessive/compulsive shopper with severe AttentionDeficitDisorder repeating a slogan written by an advertising flack.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
Well, at the risk (perhaps again) of getting myself into something I might not want to get into... I took the original post as a quick request for a reference - just throwing out anything that might trigger a memory in someone else to what they were looking for.
Also - in the book I don't get the feel that any of the godspoken handle the shopping... Who's to say that it wouldn't have driven him to more rituals if there had been the same rug/table/picture two days in a row and his 'servants' were merely trying to avoid that?
(ftr - please, aspectre, don't take me as argumentative because i mean it simply conversationally)
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: "han fei-tzu changing his table/rug/picture daily" with the excuse of "A pure soul must never grow attached to any one thing, a pure soul must expose itself to new things everyday."
Sounds like the behaviour of an obsessive/compulsive shopper with severe AttentionDeficitDisorder repeating a slogan written by an advertising flack.
Have you ever read the book? There is a reason he acts that way.
Posted by Alex Johansen (Member # 9090) on :
SPOILER:
yes, the people of path have ADD in order to make them not use their supergenius to destroy congress
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :