Chapter 741: You can't save the world, but you can save yourself
"But? If everyone doesn't come to spread Taoism, how can other people understand Taoism, and if they don't understand Taoism, how can they realize Taoism? Zhuangzi asked puzzled.
If everybody doesn't come to spread the teachings, then? How will Taoism be passed on?
"The protectors believed that as long as the Taoists took the Song, or the Zhuang family took the Song, we could spread the Taoist doctrine quickly. But? You didn't do that! So! Everyone was disappointed. ”
"This, this, this? How did this happen to me again? ”
"There is no way! That's just the way it is! No one can tell! ”
"Could it be? Doesn't a preacher have to have a family? If you have a family, you can't be a preacher? Can we only use Taoist doctrine as a tool for survival and confusion? ”
"That's what it is! Everyone regards Taoism as a tool for survival and a tool for mixing the world! If you can't save the world, can't you save yourself? ”
In fact! In the Great Zhou world at that time, in the Yang Zhu period, it could even be pushed forward to Lao Tzu's old age and old age, and many people realized the Tao after listening to Lao Tzu's Taoist teachings and thoughts.
It's just that they didn't preach openly like Yin Xi, and they didn't travel around the world to preach openly like Yang Zhu.
They deeply feel how limited a person's ability is, and they can't save this world by relying on the power of one person. So! Most of them went into seclusion.
Go with the flow!
It's gold that always shines! Sooner or later, Taoist doctrines will be discovered and understood by the world, and people will consciously learn and follow them.
It's also a kind of going with the flow!
They believe that sooner or later, someone will stand up and devote their lives to promoting Taoism. This person did not care about his own life, and regarded the spread of Taoism as his life mission, and they were willing to exchange their lives for it.
Just like Confucius, people are willing to stick to the principles of being a human being. No matter how vicissitudes of the world are, he is willing to stick to his life creed.
People who really understand Taoism are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but go with the flow! When we are faced with danger and have no choice, greed for life and fear of death cannot change the status quo.
When we can live in peace in this world, why don't we live well?
When we can't live in steal, do we wait for death?
The person who is willing to spread Taoism all his life, the person who is willing to use his life to spread Taoism, must be a person who cannot make a living. Fate forced him to spread Taoism and awaken the world.
Life is just a process, when we can't complete our life process normally, can we still wait for death?
It is a complete coincidence that Zhuangzi embarked on the path of spreading Taoism. At the beginning, he was for revenge, in order to avenge his father's mother. Outcome! He was not able to avenge his father's revenge, but he was enlightened by Yang Zhu.
He felt that if he went to take revenge and didn't listen to Dianhua's words, he would have died under Yang Qing'er's sword. So! He lives and he earns! So! He was willing to spread the word and awaken the world.
It is for this reason that he embarked on the path of propagating Taoism.
Originally! As a propagandist, there should be no family dragging. With a family, there is care. If you have a family, you are easy to be manipulated by the wicked.
It is precisely for this reason that Yang Zhu was unwilling and did not support the union of Yang Qinger and Zhuangzi, so he entrusted Yang Qinger to Tianya Nameless.
Yang Zhu didn't want Zhuangzi to have a family drag, and he himself was an example. Because he has a family, he suffers the revenge of the wicked. Because Yin Xi had a family, he did not dare to travel around the world to preach. That's it! His family was still retaliated against by the wicked and killed. Those who survived later lived in seclusion or incognito.
entrusted Yang Qing'er to Tianya Nameless, hoping that Tianya Nameless would take her away from the world and where to live a secluded life.
But! Things do not turn out the way you want! Yang Qing'er did not accept that the end of the world was nameless, and just waited for Zhuangzi. At last! still combined with Zhuangzi and gave birth to Yang Yan and Yang Zhanwang.
If Zhuangzi didn't have a family drag, he would be alone, just like Yang Zhu. Even if he doesn't "Zhuang takes Song" or "Taoism takes Song", those protectors will protect him as always and be his protector.
But! When he had a family, and he was unwilling to "take the Song from the Zhuang family" or "the Taoist to take the Song", these protectors would not come to protect him.
Furthermore! For a long time, Zhuangzi did not preach, and did not publicly explain Taoism. So! These protectors believed that Zhuangzi was no longer fit to be a preacher, and that he was no longer a leader of Taoism.
The core cohesion of Taoism has also been dispersed because of this.
Everyone thinks that since they can't support Zhuangzi, it's better to go it alone!
The big is hidden in the court, the middle is hidden in the city, and the small is hidden in the wild!
No matter what level of life we are in, we can indirectly spread Taoist teachings in our own way. We can all be like Yin Xi, we don't need to travel around the world to preach, people will come and ask us.
Not to mention preaching! At the very least, we can influence the people around us through our own cultivation and let the people around us learn from us.
This is also a way to spread Taoist teachings!
In the Great Zhou world at this time, there were Taoist hermits hidden everywhere, that is, those hermits who were hidden in the court, hidden in the city, and small in the wild. After they attained enlightenment, they used Taoist doctrine and ideas to hide in the world and complete the process of this life.
They regard Taoism as a tool for survival, and use the Taoist outlook on life, worldview, and cosmology to face life and the world, and live very well one by one.
And spreading Taoism is a very risky business.
So! The task and mission of spreading Taoism naturally falls on those who are not dragged down by their families, those who are desperate and unable to survive, and those who are truly enlightened.
A person who has not attained enlightenment, even if he is not dragged down by his family, even if he is desperate and unable to survive, they will not embark on the path of spreading Taoism, they will only resent others and hate society.
The current Song Kingdom! No! In the current Great Zhou world, there are hidden Taoist hermits who are enlightened, who do not openly spread Taoism, but use Taoist ideas to live happily. The Taoist doctrine and thought were regarded as a tool for their survival.
We can't save the world, but! We can save ourselves!
If we can't even save ourselves, then! We are not yet enlightened.
The current Song Kingdom has the lacquer garden model, and there is Song Rongzi, a Taoist Dayin, so! Song Cucheng believes that there is no need for Zhuangzi as a Taoist. Coupled with Zhuangzi's relationship with him, he didn't want Zhuangzi to preach publicly and suppress his limelight.
In the current Song Kingdom, there are only kings, and there are no Taoist figures. Governing the Song Kingdom is the king's business and merit, and it has nothing to do with any Taoist figures.
Don't mention Taoism to me, whoever mentions Taoism to me, I'm in a hurry!
The current Song Juecheng is this mentality!
There are only kings in the Song Kingdom, and there are no Taoists!