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Tao Yuanming - No Time to Be Busy

        Busy-ness is a universal faith. The first article of busyness proclaims that the more busy you are, the more justified your existence. The second, only busyness will bring you enough money and status to calm the raging ego, to... ...full story at China Expat

from China Expat on Thu, Sep 03 2009

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