Chapter 51 Zhuangzi De Chong Fu Vernacular Wen V
A lame, sloppy, and mouthless man lobbied Wei Linggong, and Wei Linggong liked him very much. After getting used to seeing this lame, sloppy, and mouthless person, and then looking at those people with complete bodies, I felt that the necks of these people were too thin and thin.
A person with a neck tumor as big as an urn lobbied Qi Huangong, and Qi Huangong liked him very much. After getting used to seeing this person with a neck tumor as big as an urn, and then looking at those people with complete bodies, I felt that the necks of these people were too thin and thin.
So! If you are above ordinary in virtue and physically flawed, others will only remember your virtue and forget your physical flaws. What does it mean to forget? Not forgetting what should be forgotten, but forgetting what should not be forgotten, is called true forgetting.
Thus! The saint can always travel contentedly, without worry or drag. Because! They see wisdom as the bane, and they don't show it easily. Covenants are seen as imprisonment and are not easily promised; The promotion of virtue is regarded as a means of handing over external things, and great virtue is invisible, so why should it be deliberately promoted. Regard craftsmanship as the behavior of businessmen, and it is natural that there is no need to take tricks.
The saints never think about it, so where is the need for wisdom?
The saint never cuts, where is the need for glue?
The saints never feel deficient, so where is the use of promoting virtue?
Saints never buy and sell for profit, so where is the use of doing business?
These four practices are called Tianyang.
The so-called natural nourishment is to be fed by nature.
Since it is supported by nature, where can it be artificial! has the appearance of a human being, but does not have the true feelings of ordinary people. has the form of a human being, so it forms a group with others; There is no such true feeling as ordinary people, jumping out of the cognitive realm of ordinary people, and looking at life from the height of the Tao, so right and wrong will not converge on us.
It's small! You treat yourselves as human beings! Great! I am human, but I am in touch with nature.
Accepting the invitation of King Wei Hui, Zhuangzi followed Hui Shi, and Hui Shi was responsible for eating and drinking along the way. Along the way, they talked as they walked, and they also debated endlessly along the way.
Taoists believe that man is a thing, the same as everything in heaven and earth, just a species. So! Man and all things should live in harmony, do not take themselves seriously, and do not think that man is the master of heaven and earth.
The position of human beings in heaven and earth is like the five internal organs in our body, which is mutual, and no one dominates anyone, and no one is the boss.
Who is the boss in heaven and earth? So! The Tao is the boss.
Since man is a species between heaven and earth, then! People should be ruthless. Do things have feelings? Are brutes affectionate? So! People are also ruthless.
Therefore! Hui Shi asked, "Are people inherently unfeeling?" ”
Zhuangzi said, "Yes".
Hui Shi said, "If a person is not emotional, can he still be called a human being?" ”
Zhuangzi said: "The Tao gives people a look, heaven and earth give them a form, and people are distinguished from other things, from oxen and horses, how can people not be called people?" ”
Hui Shi said: "If you have already been called a man, how can you be without love? ”
From the obvious! Hui Shi is changing the concept again. At the beginning, the "ruthlessness" was from the perspective of the Tao, from the perspective that human beings, like all things, are a species between heaven and earth. And now! Hui Shi jumps the concept to the concept of people.
Zhuangzi replied, "This is not what I am talking about. By ruthlessness, I mean that man is just a species in heaven and earth. So! Man should not hurt his own nature because of likes and dislikes, man should let nature and not add anything at will, man is just a species between heaven and earth. Life is just a process of life, and to live is to accomplish the task of being born as a human being. So! People are ruthless. ”
Hui Shi said: "If you don't add anything, what do you rely on to take care of your body?" What does man live on? Can't you skip a meal? ”
Zhuangzi replied: "The Tao gives people a look, heaven and earth give them a form, people cannot harm their own nature because of likes and dislikes, people should follow nature and do not add anything at will, man is just a species between heaven and earth." So! People are ruthless.
Now you are showing your mind again, consuming your energy, leaning against the trunk of a tree all day long, leaning on a few cases and closing your eyes and pretending to sleep, aren't you tossing? Nature has given you the form, life is just a process of life, life is only to complete the task of being born as a human being, but you are complacent with your 'white theory'! Thought you would say yes, right? ”
Almost stopped by Hui Shi again, Zhuangzi was very angry and had to say two sentences to point out Hui Shi's mistakes.
Really! I kindly persuaded you to let you give up the external things, stand on a higher height to understand life, teach you the great principles of life, and let you cherish the opportunity to be born as a human being, but you are talking nonsense with me.