Nourishing The Lord of Life, Chinese Calligraphy Print

Nourishing The Lord of Life by Chinese Calligraphy wrote on paper. The content of this writing was excerpted from Zhuang Zi. 莊子養生主. The character in the centre of the Calligraphy is 涯, in English is Limit, also the main idea of the narrative. 吾生也有涯，而知也无涯。以有涯随无涯，殆已；已而为知者，殆而已矣。为善无近名，为恶无近刑。缘督以为经，可以保身，可以全生，可以养亲，可以尽年。 There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit. With what is limited to pursue after what is unlimited is a perilous thing; and when, knowing this, we still seek the increase of our knowledge, the peril cannot be averted. There should not be the practice of what is good with any thought of the fame (which it will bring), nor of what is evil with any approximation to the punishment (which it will incur): an accordance with the Central Element (of our nature) is the regular way to preserve the body, to maintain the life, to nourish our parents, and to complete our term of years