Existence By Ziran
Wing-Chuek Chan provides another translation of 'ziran:' "It is so by virtue of its own" (2005). This brings up ziran's link to another Daoist belief, specifically that the myriad things exist because of the qualities that they possess, not because they were created by any being to fulfil a purpose or goal. The only thing that a being must be when it exists in accordance with ziran is ultimately natural, unaffected by artificial influences.
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