Conversations of the Taoist Master Fu Hsiang

Tsia Tung: Correct.

Fu Hsiang: What we suppose then, is that the child born with the will to power, embarks on his path of conquest and fairly quickly learns to control his body. But when it comes to the control of his mother and father, he learns that these objects cannot be controlled to his satisfaction and the perimeter of his little empire marks his sphere of control. Within the perimeter is what he calls himself and what lies outside that perimeter is not-himself.

Tsia Tung: I agree.

Fu Hsiang: So we have established the conditions and manner under which the new born child establishes self-consciousness. We have strained our minds enough for today and it is time to exercise the body. Now Men Chow, show me some pa kua.