龍 安 寺　蹲 踞　『吾唯足知』


¿ Can you trace the ancient Chinese roots of the sentence

吾 唯 足 知 。

In the 茶の湯 garden of 龍安寺 there's a stone dubbed 蹲踞〔つくばい〕where there it's
written on it :

五

矢 **囗** 隹

止

and the 囗 is a basin of water.
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8F%E3%81%B0%E3%81%84>




Probably the variant of
[知人者智、自知者明。勝人者有力、自勝者強。知足者富、強行者有志。不失其所者久。死而不亡者壽](https://blog.mage8.com/roushi-33)
from "Tao te ching" by Laozi.

The quote 『足るを知る者は富む』 : "He who knows that enough is enough will always have
enough." is well known.

Japanese scholar says Taoism and Zen Buddhism are highly related(cf.[鈴木 大拙 :
Daisetzu
Suzuki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._T._Suzuki#Scholarly_opinions) ), but
I think ordinary Japanese people don't care about the distinction so much
though.

There is also the wikipedia entry :[Buddhism and Eastern
religions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Eastern_religions#Taoism).

