Read, reflect, pray
Taishang Ganying Pian 09: Small lives and their homes
English rendering of the Japanese reader’s section 09. The 24 divisions are this site’s editorial divisions, not original chapters.
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English rendering
Shooting flying birds and pursuing running beasts. Digging out hibernating creatures and disturbing birds at rest. Filling burrows, overturning nests, injuring unborn life and breaking eggs.
Reading note from this site
The passage draws attention to hidden, resting and not-yet-born life, and to the places where creatures live.
Chinese source passage
射飛逐走，發蟄驚棲；填穴覆巢，傷胎破卵；
Based on the classical text and this site’s independently prepared Japanese rendering. Classical source edition