" Seeing through half of worldly matters , endless contentment in that half .
Half of a lifetime spent in leisure , half of the universe broadly displayed ."
The poem " Half - Half Song " by Li Mi ' an from the Qing Dynasty embodies the wisdom of the East in Chinese living . Similarly , the famous Lingyin Temple verse goes ,
" How can life be entirely as one wishes , seeking only half of all things to be satisfactory ."