And it is evident that superstition is involved in nearly every aspect of Chinese religion and plays a huge role in Chinese thought. Nature is more to a man even than his parents are. Then he gives the instance of the bride of a prince, who saturated her dress with tears on leaving her home in the wilds, but after she had enjoyed the delights of the palace regretted that she had wept. While they dream, they do not know that they dream. By and by comes the Great Awakening, and then we shall find out that this life is really a great dream.
Fools think they are awake now, and flatter themselves they know if they are princes or peasants.
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