Chapter 76 simile

Many people complain that the words of the philosophers have been full of metaphors in the past, but they cannot be used in daily life, which is all we have.If the philosopher says, "Go there," he does not mean to go to the other side, which we can do after all--if the result of the road is worthwhile--but to some elusive opposite, Something that none of us knew, that he wouldn't describe further, that didn't help us.All these metaphors are really just trying to tell people that what is incomprehensible is incomprehensible, we already know that, but what we struggle with every day is something else.

One went on to say, "Why do you resist? If you follow the parables, you become parables yourself, and thus free yourself from the toil of the day." Another said: "I bet even that's a metaphor." The first person said: "You win." The second said, "It's a pity that it's only in parables." The first person said, "No, it's true. If you want to use the parable, you lose."