An Introduction to Daoist Thought Quotes

“Zhuangzi says that perfected human beings rely on Heaven’s texture (tianli ) (3/6), draw on their Heavenly mechanism (tianji ) (6/7), equalize things within the bounds of Heaven (tianni ) (6/90), rest in the potter’s wheel of Heaven (tianjun ) (2/40), illuminate things in the light of Heaven (zhaozhi yutian ) (2/29), and ultimately they enter into unity with vast Heaven (ruyu liaotian yi ) (6/82) and live engendered by Heaven (tianersheng ) (6/1).”
― Eske Møllgaard, An Introduction to Daoist Thought: Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi

“life (sheng) is engendered by Heaven; completion (cheng) is fashioned by man (ren). Technical action – skill (ji ), method (shu ), and making (wei ) – serves the drive for completion (cheng); non-technical action, or non-action (wuwei ), does not aim at completion, but cares for life (yangsheng ).”
― Eske Møllgaard, An Introduction to Daoist Thought: Action, Language, and Ethics in Zhuangzi