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Chapter 12
The Five Colors Blind the Eye
五色令人目盲
The Text
五色令人目盲；五音令人耳聋；五味令人口爽；驰骋畋猎，令人心发狂；难得之货，令人行妨。是以圣人为腹不为目，故去彼取此。
The five colors blind the eye; the five tones deafen the ear; the five tastes dull the tongue. Racing and hunting madden the mind; goods hard to get obstruct a person’s path. The wise provide for the belly, not for the eye. They take the one and leave the other.
Reading it
Not asceticism — a description of saturation. Excess input does not add experience; it removes the ability to have any. The belly/eye distinction is between need and appetite, and only the first one ends.
不是禁欲，而是描述饱和：过量的输入不会增加经验，只会拿走拥有经验的能力。「腹」与「目」之分，是需要与嗜好之分——只有前者有终点。
Practice for the week
Pick one channel of input — feeds, music, shopping tabs — and cut it for a day. Notice what comes back.
挑一路输入——信息流、音乐、购物标签——停一天。看看什么回来了。