Carved with characters:
"In life, happiness is knowing what is enough."
as well as the characters for "limitation" (contained within a box) and "limitless," an allusion to Zhuangzi's words:
"Human life is limited, yet knowledge is limitless. It is dangerous to use the limited in pursuit of the limitless."
Together, these remind one that happiness lies in contentedness, not in pursuing the satisfaction of desires and aversions without end.
Material: Yixing Zini (Purple Clay)
Length: 5.25"/13.5 cm
Width: 3.75"/9.75 cm
Height: 4.25"/11 cm
Volume: 375 ml
"In life, happiness is knowing what is enough."
as well as the characters for "limitation" (contained within a box) and "limitless," an allusion to Zhuangzi's words:
"Human life is limited, yet knowledge is limitless. It is dangerous to use the limited in pursuit of the limitless."
Together, these remind one that happiness lies in contentedness, not in pursuing the satisfaction of desires and aversions without end.
Material: Yixing Zini (Purple Clay)
Length: 5.25"/13.5 cm
Width: 3.75"/9.75 cm
Height: 4.25"/11 cm
Volume: 375 ml