If long life is not merely stretching the body's span, what is it that remains unperished after the body is gone — and do I possess it?
He puts himself last, and so comes first; he treats his body as external, and so his body endures.
First asked by Laozi
This question split East Asia over the meaning of "enduring." Popular Daoism chased the body's deathless longevity through elixirs and life-nurturing…
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