註四十二章經 1.190

1.190

凡世之人但恣情欲，惟求虛花之名，不憂生滅，罔慕真實之道。譬如上妙之香被人所焚，雖得遠近普聞，其如形質速盡。亦同愚者徒慕虛名，而喪道真，及禍至危己，悔在後時也。

Worldly people merely indulge their emotional desires and seek only empty, illusory fame, not worrying about birth and death, and without yearning for the true Way. It is like supreme, wondrous incense burned by someone: although it can be smelled universally far and near, its physical substance is quickly exhausted. It is likewise with the foolish, who vainly yearn for empty fame and lose the truth of the Way; when disaster arrives and imperils themselves, their regret comes too late.