A quotation from Hui Shi
Quotation
The greatest has nothing beyond itself; the smallest has nothing within. Love all things, for heaven and earth are one body.
Philosophical Context
ChineseHui Shi
Statesman, logician, and Zhuangzi's beloved sparring partner, who taught that the largest and smallest things alike have no boundary.
Hui Shi was chief minister of the state of Wei and the sharpest of the School of Names. He left ten famous paradoxes that dissolve the lines we draw across the world: the greatest thing has nothing outside it, the smallest nothing inside; the sky is as low as the earth; love all things, for heaven and earth are one body. His lifelong friend and rival was Zhuangzi, who mourned that after Hui Shi died he had no one left worth talking to. Where the Daoist used paradox to free the mind, Hui Shi used it to probe how language carves up a seamless reality.
Understanding This Quotation
What does Hui Shi mean by this quotation?
Statesman, logician, and Zhuangzi's beloved sparring partner, who taught that the largest and smallest things alike have no boundary. Hui Shi was chief minister of the state of Wei and the sharpest of the School of Names. He left ten famous paradoxes that dissolve the lines we draw across the world: the greatest thing has nothing outside it, the smalle…