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Chuang Tzu anecdote explores philosophical resistance to labor-saving machines

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This item discusses a philosophical anecdote from Chuang Tzu, featuring Tzŭ Kung and a gardener. Tzŭ Kung describes a mechanical well-sweep that could greatly increase irrigation efficiency with minimal labor. However, the gardener rejects the device, believing that the use of such cunning implements leads to a lack of purity and incorruptibility, ultimately making one unfit for the Tao. AI

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Chuang Tzu anecdote explores philosophical resistance to labor-saving machines

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    "If you had a machine here," cried Tzŭ Kung, "in a day you could irrigate a hundred times your present area. The labour required is trifling as compared with th

    "If you had a machine here," cried Tzŭ Kung, "in a day you could irrigate a hundred times your present area. The labour required is trifling as compared with the work done. Would you not like to have one?" "What is it?" asked the gardener. "It is a contrivance made of wood," repl…

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