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吴经熊在《超越东西方》里总结道家的一段话：
The significance of time is to evoke Eternity; that of voyaging is to evoke Home; that of knowledge is to evoke Ignorance; that of science and art is to evoke Mystery; that of longevity is to evoke the Evanescence of life; that of all human greatness is to evoke Humility; that of complexities and subtilities is to evoke Simplicity; that of the many is to evoke the one; that of war is to evoke Peace; that of the cosmos is to evoke the Beyond. It is not the voyage that causes harm; but to lose oneself in the voyage so as to forget one's destination is a tragedy indeed.
时间的意义在于唤起永恒；漂泊的意义在于唤起家乡；知识的意义在于唤起无知；科学和艺术的意义在于唤起神秘；长寿的意义在于唤起生命的稍纵即逝；人之伟大的意义在于唤起谦卑；复杂微妙的意义在于唤起朴素性；多的意义在于唤起一；战争的意义在于唤起和平；宇宙的意义在于唤起超越者。并非漂泊导致了伤害，而是在漂泊中忘却了自己的目的才是真正的悲剧。