bào​pǔ

to maintain simplicity

抱朴 抱樸 bào​pǔ
to maintain simplicity
to preserve one's innate simple nature; to harbor no ambitions and be content with one's lot; to be free from passions and desires
to cling to bark
(literary) to cling to the bark of a tree, as a cicada does
Baopu
the pseudonym of the Daoist scholar 葛洪 gě​hóng; the title of his masterwork, the Baopuzi

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