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This term means choosing to be useless to realize the preservation of life. Originating in Zhuangzi, choosing to appear useless is a way advocated by Zhuangzi for preserving one's life. He said that very able people are often required to shoulder many responsibilities, which will result in greater difficulties and dangers harmful to their physical and mental health. Zhuangzi concluded that only by giving up the desire to advance or become useful, showing instead how useless one is, can one avoid the perils of the human world and therefore preserve one's life 去书内
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    Originating from Zhuangzi, “the advantage of appearing useless” refers to the philosophy of protecting one’s life by staying seemingly useless. Zhuangzi believed that talented people are burdened with heavy duties, which bring hardships and threats that damage both body and mind. He held that people can escape worldly dangers and preserve their lives only by abandoning ambition and the pursuit of achievement, and presenting themselves as useless to others.

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