not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
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Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.
无
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Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.
Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.
Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
独
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犭
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虫
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Everyone has left the space station, only the animals are left: Doggy Dog (du), the dachshund (犭) and the mosquito (虫). They have noone who throws them a stick or exposes their bare body parts to bite. All alone (独), they wait in the space station's entrance (Ø2).
In an act of revolution, with a pair of scissors (𠂇) Maud Younger (y) is cutting a paper moon (月) into tiny pieces in the outhouse's living room (ou3). There is (有) only confetti (有) left over.
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禺
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is strolling through the outhouse (ou3) with his new mate (偶), Lord Monkey (禺), when they accidentally (偶) bump into his former mate Rosa Luxemburg (亻). They are all quite embarrassed because they weren't prepared to meet yet.