Handicraft

Joiner Qing was the best in his craft.

Once he was ordered to make a bell frame for ruler Lou, and when the work was completed, the frame was so beautiful that it seemed as if it was the work of gods or spirits. Ruler Lou came to see and asked the carpenter what the secret of his art was.

“I'm a simple craftsman,” Qing replied. - What art are you talking about? I have only a small craft secrets, and I will tell you about them. When I decided to make a frame for the bell, I did not want to waste Qi - the energy of life, so I fasted to concentrate and calm my heart.
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After three days of fasting, I no longer thought about reward, praise, rank, or money I could get for good work. On the fifth day, I had already forgotten that they could exalt or humiliate me for the work, they would praise or scold me, I stopped indulging in the thought that some of my work may seem skillful, and others - rude. By the end of the seventh day of the fast, I had reached such a concentration of spirit that I completely forgot myself: I did not feel my hands or my feet. My craft captured me all, and everything else ceased to exist for me.

Then I went to the forest and after a while I saw a tree, the shape of which was just suitable for the frame. That's how my spirit, freed from vain worries, found the perfect tree. Maybe that's why people say that the frame was made by gods or spirits.