There was no news in the following months even I went to the street everyday . I fell a little sad and sometimes even wanted to give up and left this city , it seems like I was a fool when the local snack seller even laughed at me for wondering here everyday like a ghost. Maybe I will never meet him in my life .

One nice quiet afternoon , when I stepped out of the teahouse and I found that that person was walking along the street slowly. Exactly same clothes as months ago .. It’s him ! I even did not know his name !

When I saw him , Ishouted very excited ”Tao, Tao...". I told him I had beenwaiting for him for months .

“No surprise “

He was still quiet , then asked me to have a tea break . Same teahouse .

I told him I had tried to read different English version of Tao Te Chingand I thought it’s a wonderful scripture .but I am not sure if there is any deeper secret meanings . I even tried tolearn chinese language , but it’s far more difficultthan greek.Especially those traditional Chinese language is totally written in different grammar from modern Chinese . I understood even Chinese professor would find it’s difficult to understand its secret meanings.

“No surprise “ he said , “ the original book of Tao Te Ching is written in Chinese oracle language , which is almost a dead language for most Chinese taoism academics.”

I am very sad. That mean maybe I can never understood this holy book even I spent all my life .

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He told me since I was so obsessed with this topic , he could do some interpretations with one chapter of Tao Te Ching and maybe I could translate it into English for a glance of the true meaning .And I hope you can read something I wrote so that some American people will know about it. I told him that if he could be so kind to write it directly in english for accuracy, he answered me very quietly :

“ everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” [Ecclesiastes 3:1]

He pass me one printed paper l with his email address in the headline , then told me it's his interpretations about chapter 20 of Tao te ching then left , and here is my poor translations with the help of software ：

[Tao Te Ching Chapter 20]

People always avoid things they feel fearful Do I have to avoid things just because people feel fearful ( the fearful things is death )?

From ancient times till now, this kind of blind obedience had been spreading everywhere, as if it would never end.( people believe they will die definitely )

The world was crowded, elated and ecstatic, like attending a grand banquet, or like appreciate the scenery on the high stage at spring .( people enjoyed material iife and forgot the death is coming closer and closer)

Only I am willing to be alone, prefer simple and quiet life and never willing to go with the tideway .

It was like ignorant sleeping baby even not smile.

It was like idle playboy just tired of material life .

People try their best for wealth and interests, while I will never go with them, so I am isolated as if I are out of time fool in the world.

I just want to be a fool!

All the people in the world are so cold calculating, but I'm living such a stupid and obscure life;

All the people is so reasonable and sensible, but I'm living such simple and boring life ;

Surging like the sea ; ( inner energy surging within the body )

Floating like nowhere to stop.(inner Qi feel like drunk )

The world is so shrewd and greedy for wealth and power or reputation . Only I am unique. I swear to carry out my stubbornness and ignorance to the end, and will not easily leave the tao, which is always anoymous.

In the end, only I obtained a completely different result from the world , and picked up the valuable tao's fruit alone----Immortality .