I have read a lot of books on the interpretation of "Zhuangzi", and now many predecessors have not reached the point in their interpretation of the Taoist concept of life and death.

Where is the root of this?

Analyze it, now: the main root cause is because they don't understand the Tao!

There is no understanding of the Taoist Tao, or there is no acceptance of the "Tao", then! They will not be able to correctly interpret the Zhuangzi, Taoism, and the Taoist concept of life and death!

There are also many scholars, who can only prove that they have read many books, and can only prove that they have a good memory and can quote scriptures! Their books are still a mess in the end, so that readers have that feeling of being in the clouds, and finally! Nothing is deciphered, only to prove that the author has read many books and considers the author "very knowledgeable".

In Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things", there is an exposition of life and death.

I have read many books that interpret the "Theory of Things", and they all think that Zhuangzi's concept of life and death is "Qi life and death". If you look at it from the single "Theory of Things", it seems to be the case, Zhuangzi is talking about "Qi life and death" and "Qi all things", heaven and earth are one finger, and all things are one horse.

But not really! Qi life and death, Qi all things, heaven and earth one finger, all things one horse, is just a paragraph in the article, just used to explain to the reader, examples, so that you understand, not the whole article to express the central idea.

The intention of Zhuangzi Qi Life and Death, Qi All Things, Heaven and Earth, and All Things and One Horse is to tell us to look at things, the universe, and the source of human beings from the perspective and height of the Tao.

When we understand the origin of humanity and the final destination of humanity, we can look back at life. Looking at human life and real life, has our outlook on life changed? Will this cause us to change our erroneous outlook on life, the world, and the universe?

When we don't know the origin of human beings and the final destination of human beings, when our cognition of the human world and the universe is still in the religious stage, we cannot truly understand the origin of the universe and human beings.

We don't know where humanity comes from and where it ends up, and we don't really understand what we're living for? At the stage of what we live for, our life is a confused life.

As stated in "The Theory of Things", most people in the world are shadow lives, the shadows of others, and the shadows of their ancestors. They live as others live, they live as others live, they live as they are, repeating yesterday's stories, repeating the lives of their ancestors.

Over here! It's not about attacking religion or denigrating religion. Religion is only an important stage in the process of human civilization and a kind of human cognition of the world and the universe.

Because! It is correct to understand the universe materialistically and debatically. It is unscientific to use the method of idealism to understand the universe.

Taoists believe that this cosmic world is evolved. Man, like everything on earth, has evolved. The earth and the sun, moon and starry sky are only a part of the vast universe, and they have also evolved.

How it evolved is impossible to explore. But! However, we can deduce from the recent evolutionary process that the world has evolved.

Taoists believe that human beings, like everything on earth, are just one species between heaven and earth. They are born by the action of heaven and earth, and they are destroyed by the disappearance of the action of heaven and earth. Human beings, like everything on earth, are born at the right time and die at the wrong time. When the earth is no longer suitable for human existence, human beings, like other species, will become extinct and disappear.

This kind of inference is not to confuse the public or to confuse people's minds and disturb society, but! It is a problem that humanity must face up. The extinction of other species on the planet is not entirely due to the killing of each other, but! The environment is not suitable.

Why should we be afraid of death?

Why do we love life?

Why are we human beings greedy for life and afraid of death?

Human death is inevitable, so why are we so taboo about the future fate of mankind?

We ourselves cannot guarantee that we will not die, so why are we so taboo to talk about the future fate of mankind? Why don't we dare to face the fate of humanity in the future?

Analyzing, we will find:

Because! We have given the future many beautiful dreams and wishes. We are dead, but we still have children and grandchildren. Although we are dead, our dreams and our children and grandchildren will realize them.

So! You are not allowed to say, "Mankind is a species born at the right time, and sooner or later mankind will perish, and one species of other species will perish." "If you say something like that? You are cursing us, cursing our children and grandchildren!

It is for this reason that we have the legend of "immortality"!

It is for this reason that most people are afraid to face the reality that they may be born. Albeit! That reality still does not know which generation of our children and grandchildren will be born, maybe more than 10,000 years! But there are "wise men" who worry about the affairs of their descendants in the future, and care about the lives of their children and grandchildren in the future.

Who is the wise man? I'm afraid they're the wise! They are worried about the happy life of their offspring, so wise people, their life should be the happiest in the world, right?

In fact! Taoism only predicts the future fate of human beings based on the theory of Tao and the necessity of evolution, but it does not mean that human beings must perish or will perish immediately. Even if the Taoist prediction is that it is possible to be born, it will be at least countless years later.

Since it is countless years later, why don't we dare to face it? Why don't you dare talk about it?

The "Qi Life and Death" in Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things" is not to promote negative thoughts, it is not to tell us not to act, mixed life and wait for death, this is not the meaning! But! Tell us to stand on the height of the Tao to look at life and human beings.

According to Taoist theory, people are going to die, which is an unavoidable reality. If you say that human beings are going to die, no one will say that you are promoting negative thoughts, but if you say that human beings will perish sooner or later, and human beings, like other species on the earth, will be born at the right time and die at the wrong time, and countless people will stand up and say you.

What Zhuangzi said in "The Theory of Things" is not to promote the negative idea of "Qi life and death", but to ask us to face life and death correctly. First of all, we face our own death, and we face this time of our life. Then! Then face the future fate of mankind.

Since human beings, like other species, are a species that is born at the right time, born at the right time and die at the wrong time, we must dare to face it.

Why don't we dare to face the final demise of humanity?

Not yet? We have given many dreams for the future, and I dream of the future very well. We may not be able to enjoy that wonderful world anymore, but we have children and grandchildren, and our children and grandchildren can make that dream come true......

Therefore! Don't say you're dead! You are not allowed to talk about the ultimate fate of mankind!

Therefore! If you say "Qi life and death", you are preaching negative thoughts, you are cursing our children and grandchildren, and you are preaching negative thoughts to disrupt society and make the world not want to forge ahead. The world thinks that humanity is going to perish eventually, so what do you do with having children? Sooner or later, it's going to perish, and it's a day to mix it up, isn't it?

Outcome! Buckle a big hat to Zhuangzi and Taoism! Negative thoughts! You are demagoguery, you say that man is going to die, and sooner or later mankind is going to perish! Blocked! Blocked! Blocked!

And never want to think about it again? All people are going to die, huh? People are going to die, so? Life is no longer interesting? If so? Why can't we accept Zhuangzi's theory of "Qi life and death"? What about the unacceptable ultimate fate of humanity?

Someone must say: people are going to die, we can't avoid it, but we have children and grandchildren to continue our dreams. You say that the ultimate fate of mankind is like that, and we can't accept it! Then there is no need for our children and grandchildren to continue. Anyway, the end result is like that, is there any need to continue? So! You are not allowed to talk about the future fate of mankind!

You are not allowed to say that human beings, like other species, are born at the right time and die at the wrong time.

So! You Zhuangzi and you Taoists are preaching negative thoughts!

So! I'm going to ban you!

Zhuangzi said: You are going to block me! If you want to add sin, why is there no word?

I'm telling the truth, you're just going to buckle my hat. I said that people are going to die, and you said that you have sons and grandchildren, and your children and grandchildren can continue your dreams. I say that human beings are one of other species, born at the right time and die at the wrong time, and you say that I am demagogic and spread negative thoughts.

If you just don't let me speak, you will recognize that your Confucianism, Mohism, and Hundred Schools of Thought are right, but Taoism is wrong! That's it!

Right now! Can I say a few words?

Why are you so afraid of death? Afraid of the final outcome of mankind, dare not face it? Is it true? Don't dare to face it?

Let's not talk about that! I just want to ask: the real-life problems we face are not solved, our own survival is not guaranteed, what do we care? And what about sons and grandchildren? And for all generations?

Let's face real life first! Let's face the real-life problem of survival!

This is the reason and purpose of Zhuangzi and Taoism to put forward "Qi life and death", let us stand on the height of the Tao to face reality, not to face dreams and the future!

Dreams are needed, and the future belongs to the next generation. Let's solve the problems we face and solve the problems in real life! Let's face survival!

In the Zhuangzi period, in the Laozi period, in any period of human history, survival is always a real problem for us. How we live better, more sensibly, and healthily is the important and realistic way to live, not the dream of a better world in the future. Because! The beautiful world of the future does not belong to us, but the beautiful world of the future belongs to future generations.

Let's face it! Let's face our lives! Let's face our real life! This real life belongs to us!

Is! I don't have any guarantee for my own survival, and I still have to worry about future generations? It's great, isn't it? World!

We don't know what we live for, what we live for, we all live like shadows, we live how others live, that's our sorrow!