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The Chinese had their own kind of fatalism. One should resign oneself to the course of events and not struggle against them in vain. One should follow a policy of adaptation and expediency and opportunism, so as to incur the least possible trouble or hurt. There is no room here for principles.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 4 : China, Japan, Tibet > # 30