<p>It's reallys cited from 《庄子》,but not from the chapter of 《逍遥游》. It's from the chapter of 《秋水》. The orginal words for your citation are:</p>

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  <p>是故大知观于远近，故小而不寡，大而不多，知量无穷。</p>
  
  <p>是故大知觀於遠近，故小而不寡，大而不多，知量無窮。</p>
</blockquote>

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2013-04-03T18:15:44.720Z
Curious... what does 故 mean in this context? I'm having trouble parsing the sentence.
Stumpy Joe Pete
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2013-04-04T09:40:13.703Z
@StumpyJoePete In classical Chinese, a common pattern of arriving at a conlcusion is XXXX, 是故XXXX，XXX...，故XXX(optional). In this case, 是故 and 故 means "so, therefore".
Huang
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Huang
<p>I think <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/mcm/mcm05.htm#fr_9" rel="nofollow">this</a> is from <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/2788118.htm" rel="nofollow">逍遥游</a>， but I'm not sure.  I just can't locate the following sentence.</p>

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  <p>Thus, the wise man looks into space, and does not regard the small as
  too little, nor the great as too much; for he knows that there is no
  limit to dimension.</p>
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2013-03-29T21:09:48.773Z
What makes you think it's in that sentence?
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Is this a translation of 逍遥游？
# Is this a translation of 逍遥游？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-29)

I think [this](http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/mcm/mcm05.htm#fr_9) is from [逍遥游](http://baike.baidu.com/view/2788118.htm)， but I'm not sure. I just can't locate the following sentence.

> Thus, the wise man looks into space, and does not regard the small as
> too little, nor the great as too much; for he knows that there is no
> limit to dimension.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What makes you think it's in that sentence?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-03-30. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

It's reallys cited from 《庄子》,but not from the chapter of 《逍遥游》. It's from the chapter of 《秋水》. The orginal words for your citation are:

> 是故大知观于远近，故小而不寡，大而不多，知量无穷。
>
> 是故大知觀於遠近，故小而不寡，大而不多，知量無窮。

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Curious... what does 故 mean in this context? I'm having trouble parsing the sentence.  
> **username_2**: @username_3 In classical Chinese, a common pattern of arriving at a conlcusion is XXXX, 是故XXXX，XXX...，故XXX(optional). In this case, 是故 and 故 means "so, therefore".  

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