Four hundred and ninety-five chapters of which I never get tired of reading you a thousand times
495. Don’t be a prisoner of interests
Tao Lue: Why are you sitting here drinking?
A Geli: Have you noticed this too?
Tao Lue: I often practice in the forest, and I have a clear understanding of the world. There is nothing I can hide.
A Geli: What else did you see?
Tao Lue: You haven't answered me yet. Why are you drinking?
Agoli: Our boss can’t hold it any longer.
Tao Lue: Then why are you still working hard for him?
Agoli: Look at what you are asking. Firstly, he is the leader of our organization, and secondly, I am trying to increase my presence. I have also been the boss, and I am not willing to decline like this.
Tao Lue: Your boss is dying too. Do you think there is anything else you can do?
A Geli: Regardless of whether you have a career or not, just struggle to get to the head office, right?
Tao Lue: Are you making a death struggle?
A Geli: I can’t hide anything from you, so don’t laugh at us.
Tao Lue: Have you ever reflected on it?
A Geli: The hustle and bustle is all for the sake of profit, so there is no time to sit down and reflect.
Tao Lue: No wonder.
A Geli: What’s the wonder?
Tao Lue: A person who does not know how to reflect will definitely not have a future.
A Geli: What are you reflecting on?
Tao Lue: You and your boss have made directional mistakes since you were born.
Agoli: You are talking nonsense. How could we do such stupid things?
Tao Lue: This is great wisdom, and of course you don’t understand it. You will only know that those who are greedy for material enjoyment and have no spiritual pursuits are purely prisoners of profit. Your so-called organization is at best a rogue organization.
A Geli: Why do you say this about us?
Tao Lue: We seek truth from facts and never exaggerate, nor do we frame or frame anyone, nor are we only motivated by profit.
Agoli: What is the directional error you just mentioned?
Tao Lue: You are stupid. I have said it between the lines.
Agoli: Forgive me for being ignorant, please clarify.
Tao Lue: Can you still use "please"? You are much better than your boss.
Agoli: We once pursued civilization, but then we got obsessed with money and abandoned all spiritual civilization.
Tao Lue: So we embarked on the wrong path and engaged in exploitation, fraud and plunder.
Agoli: Over time, habits become natural, and you can never go back to the path of civilization.
Tao Lue: "If you gain the Tao, you will get many help, but if you lose the Tao, there will be little help."
Agoli: So when I am at the end of my rope, how can I not drink to drown my sorrows?
Tao Lue: Drinking wine to drown your sorrows will make them more sorrowful; cutting off the water with a knife will make it flow even more.
Agoli: What should we do?
Tao Lue: Give up your jungle laws and return to the construction of human civilization. Build a community with a shared future for mankind, work together for mutual benefit and win-win, and contribute to world peace.
Agoli: Your ideals are so lofty that we may not be able to catch up. We have done so many evil things and our sins are so serious that God has despised us.
Tao Lue: The sea of suffering is boundless, but turning back is the end. If we really want to be a good person, we will not ignore death.
Agoli: We are used to being wolves, and it will be difficult for us to become human beings again.
Tao Lue: You have always said one thing and done another. If you don’t mean what you say, you won’t be deceived easily.
Agoli: Do you really have the heart to see us perish?
Tao Lue: We have always hoped that justice will last forever. Facts have also proved that the righteous will win. You must swear to God that you will completely eradicate the beastly nature before you can come back to life. The wheel of history is rolling forward, and civilized society is moving forward, but the mantis is in a dead end.
Wherever you go, take care of yourself.
Agoli: It seems that we are hundreds of years behind the times. We really need to change our past and change our minds, give up the law of the jungle and follow truth, goodness and beauty.