Tattoos of the Yue People

There was a man from Song.

宋人⋯⋯

He went to the State of Yue, where he sold hats and clothes.

⋯⋯資章甫而適諸越。

But the people of Yue shaved their heads and tattooed their bodies.

越人斷髮文身。

They had no use for his hats or clothes.

無所用之。

Analysis

"Don't evaluate the world based on values that you take for granted." —Prof. Yú Dān (1965 -), Yu Dan's Insights into Zhuangzi (2007), page 48