“You had better go where Fate leads—
Drift on the Stream of Infinite Flux,
Without joy, without fear:
When you must go—then go.”

—  Tao Yuanming

Substance, Shadow, and Spirit, "Spirit expounds"
Translated by Arthur Waley

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