文／清．鄭燮（1693～1765）

聰明難，糊塗難，

由聰明而轉入糊塗更難，

放一著，退一步，

當下心安，非圖後來福報也。

──選自《板橋全集》

Occasionally Mindless

Zheng Xie (1693 - 1765, Qing Dynasty)

English translation: Venerable Miao Guang

It is hard to be clever,

and also hard to be mindless.

It is even harder,

to turn your cleverness into mindlessness.

Let go, and take a step back;

it is all about gaining

instant peace of mind rather than

coveting for future gains and merits.

── from Banqiao Quanji

(Complete Works of Banqiao)