 Like Hui Shi, then, the writer of “Equalizing Things” agrees that distinctions can be drawn in indefinitely many ways. It is also true that if no distinctions are drawn, things in themselves “connect into one.” Yet focusing one’s attention either on establishing some particular scheme of distinctions or on the “one” shows an equal lack of insight. Disputation—whether in defense of Confucian ritual, Mohist inclusive care, the Great One, or sophistical paradoxes—is beside the point. Issues addressed in disputation cannot and need not be settled in order to live well. In fact, they may even interfere with the conduct of a good life. When we perform activities at which we genuinely excel—those whose performance engenders the deeply satisfying experience of feeling fully at home in the world—what guides us is not knowledge of fixed, explicit standards of shi/fei, nor identification with the “one.” It is a combination of skill and a kind of uncodifiable knack for adapting to the particular situation. 