Renato Montes


wu2
1
sheng1
live
ye3
TOP
you3
have
涯,
ya2
shore/limit

‘My life has a limit,’
‘Ma vie a une limite,’

er2
and/but
zhi1
know
ye3
TOP
wu2
not.have
涯。
ya2
shore/limit

‘but knowledge has none.’
‘mais le savoir n’en a pas.’

yi3
with
you3
have
ya2
shore/limit
sui2
follow
wu2
not.have
涯,
ya2
shore/limit
dai4
danger
已。
yi3
YI

‘To use the limited to pursue the unlimited is dangerous.’
‘Utiliser le limité pour poursuivre l’illimité, c’est dangereux.’

——Zhuangzi (ca. 369 BC - ca. 286 BC).