When we go to the market, we say that we are going to "have a look at the market". Villagers go to town on the market-day with light heart, without caring how much money they have in their purses. On the way back, while only a string of small fish is carried in the market-looker's hands, an abundance of novel stories are carried in his mind. These stories, after being repeated among the villagers for numberless times, become part of the village culture.

 

The glorious contents of the stories do not make the villagers feel sorry about their humble way of life. Even if the increase of cheap and useful commodoties falls short of affecting their own lives, it is a good piece of news all the same, that the world is becoming a more comfortable place. However simple and poor their way of life may be, they keep chewing and rechewing it like cattle, and extract from it fresh vitality for their lives. Vitality which, like the smell of earth, never decays.

 

 

[Shenzi] 

 
 
The world keeps changing, and prompts people to change their ways of life. Some people change quickly and some do not. Among the slower ones, there are some who feel uneasy about their slowness, and some who do not. Those who are slow to change, and do not even feel uneasy about it, are usually regarded as "real dumb(下愚)". But is it really a bad thing to be dumb? Even though dumb people are not so good at improving the conditions of their lives, they usually are easily satisfied with their lives, and do not add much to the dangers of the world. Some people believe that more change always is more good, and that aggressiveness is a virtue in itself. I do not agree to them. In order to keep in good harmony with the dumbness of the nature, it is better in some ways, to be dumb ourselves.
 

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