“kojin no ato wo motomezu,
kojin no motometaru no tokoro wo motome yo”
Seek not the paths of the ancients;
Seek that which the ancients sought.
from 「柴門の辞」"Words by a Brushwood Gate" (also translated as "The Rustic Gate") (Unknown translator)
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古人の跡を求めず、 古人の求めたるの所を求めよ。
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Bashō Matsuo 46
Japanese poet 1644–1694Related quotes
Of Death.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)
“Throw your stones (Wo-oh-oh-ohhh)
We can hold our own (Wo-oh-oh-ohhh)
I don't need no microphone”
"Microphone" (song)
("Microphone" on YouTube (with lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTeGbn0CDh4
Studio albums, Playing in the Shadows (2011)
“This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo,
And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro”
The Knight's Tale, lV, 1990 - 1992
The Canterbury Tales
Context: This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo,
And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro;
Deeth is an ende of every worldly soore.
“Many people have fled from our China (wo Zhongguo) to your place”
Edict to the Zunghars by Qianlong in 1750 . (Pingding Zhungeer fanglüe, 1990: 910). From Pingding Zhungeer fanglüe [The history of the Qing conquest of the Zunghar] (1990) Beijing: Zhongguo tushuguan tushu fuzhi suowei zhongxin.
Source: Zhao 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20140325231543/https://webspace.utexas.edu/hl4958/perspectives/Zhao%20-%20reinventing%20china.pdf, p. 9.
Bk. 6, line 31.
Confessio Amantis
From The Strong-Willed Child, pp. 53-4.
1970s