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The Peng Bird Rises Ninety Thousand Li
Beyond the low sky my circumstances assign me, may I dare to dream of rising higher?
When the Peng bird journeys to the southern deep, it beats the water three thousand li and spirals up on the whirlwind ninety thousand li.
Zhuangzi's Peng bird rises ninety thousand li, while the small birds of the ground mock its aim.
📝The Classic Answers
Zhuangzi's Peng bird rises ninety thousand li, while the small birds of the ground mock its aim. Voices that ridicule those who would rise high exist now as then. But the Peng sets its sky by the span of its own wings, not by anyone's leave. Even hemmed into a low sky, the height your heart turns toward is one no one can set for you. I choose to look first at where my own wings point, not at the small voice that laughs at me.
🌱Apply It Today
If you heard 'that's beyond you' today, ask whether your own wings set that height, or someone else's ruler.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
