Zi Sanghu, Mencius, and Ziqin Zhang talked together about what kind of people they were willing to be friends with.

All three said: "Who can associate with each other out of the necessity of survival, without any scheming or purpose; Who can help each other but not to get each other's gratitude, without personal purpose; Who can climb into the sky and wander through the fog, find that endless illusory feeling, forget their own existence, and realize that life is never ending and endless? I'm willing to be friends with him. ”

The three of them looked at each other, smiled heartily, and became friends with each other.

Not long after, Zisanghu died and was not buried. Confucius found out and sent his student Zigong to help with the funeral. Mencius and Ziqin Zhang were arranging music and playing the piano, singing in harmony with each other: "Oh, Zi Sanghu! Oops, Zi Sango! You have returned to your true nature, to the Word. But what about us? We are alive, still individuals! I envy you! What will the Tao change you? ”

Seeing this, Zigong walked quickly to them and asked, "I take the liberty of asking the two of you, is it proper for you to sing to the corpses of the dead like this?" ”

Mencius and Ziqin Zhang looked at each other and smiled, and said disdainfully: "Those Confucians who don't understand what life is, how can they understand the true meaning of etiquette!" ”

When Zigong returned, he told Confucius what he had seen, saying, "Who are they?" They don't have any moral cultivation at all, they look like people, and they still give people the impression that they are still individuals, but what do they do? I really don't dare to compliment it. They sang in front of the corpses of the dead, and their countenances and countenances did not change at all, and there were no words to describe them. Who are they? ”

Confucius said, "They are all people who are free from the shackles of secular etiquette and are free from secular society, but I, Confucius, are people who live in a secular environment." People who live outside the world and people who live outside the world have different lifestyles and concepts. Alas! But I asked you to go and mourn, we are not in the same circle of life! I'm so shallow!

They are companions with the Creator, and they are free in the heavens and the earth, and they are one with all that is in the heavens and the earth. They regard human life as superfluous as a tumor, and think that life is just a life process. They see human death as the rupture of a carbuncle after suppuration, and they think that the death of one thing is the beginning of another.

How can people like them care about who comes first or who comes after life? It doesn't matter to them whether the dead are alive or the living, there is no distinction between dead and alive, first and last.

They see themselves as any thing, and they don't think they have to be people, but anything. Because! Human beings, like all things, come from the Tao, but the results of their transformation are different.

They regard themselves as any thing, whatever they are, and they only pin themselves on this object; They are still them, and the external object is just a kind of sustenance, and the external object is just an external appearance.

So! They have forgotten the liver and gallbladder in the body, the ears and eyes outside the body, and the thoughts...... Think of yourself as the Tao, as evolution. And then! Enter the cycle of life and death of this thing and the life of another thing.

Wandering outside the world, living freely in an environment where no action is required. So! How could they go to the trouble of following worldly rituals and thus exposing themselves to the eyes and ears of others? ”

Zigong said, "So, what are the rules that the gentleman follows?" ”

Confucius said, "I, Confucius, am a sinner punished by the heavens." Even so! I will continue to work with you. ”

Zigong asked, "Is there any good way?" ”

Confucius replied: "Fish compete to enter the water, and people compete to learn the Tao." Fish competing to throw themselves into the water can dig the ground into a pond and provide sufficient supplies; Those who are vying to learn the Tao are not burdened by the world, and they look indifferent and inactive, and their minds can be peaceful.

Therefore, with the pond, the fish forget the happiness in the rivers and lakes. With Taoism, people forget the shackles of the world, and they don't know that the social environment still exists.

You know what? None of this is the solution! Fish are free and happy only when they live in the rivers and lakes. And people! I can't get rid of the social environment! Learning the Tao is not the fundamental solution to social problems! So! I want to join you: the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard! ”

Zigong said, "Take the liberty of asking again? What is Freak? ”。

Confucius replied: "The so-called freaks are people who are not bound by the world, and they seek equality with nature. But! But they live with us as if they were no different from us. Other words! People who are not bound by the world and can fit into our lives are called 'freaks'. So! Some people commented on them like this: The villain of the sky is a gentleman in the world; The gentleman of the world is a villain in the sky.

What is the Villain of Heaven? The little people in the sky mean that they understand the position of people in heaven and earth, understand the position of people in society, and know how to be people. ”

Yan Hui asked Confucius, "Who is Meng Suncai?" His mother died, and he wept without a tear, and there seemed to be no sorrow in his heart, and no grief in mourning. There is no sadness in the three aspects of crying, mood, and behavior, but he is famous for his good handling of funerals. Don't? If a person doesn't do anything practical, can he still get fame? Yan Hui felt very strange and felt that there must be a reason for it. ”

Confucius said: "Meng Sun has done his best to deal with the funeral in this way." To know! He was a Taoist, and his way of dealing with mourning was different from that of people in the world. Outcome! Funerals are better than those who know funeral etiquette.

People always hope that they can't do it from a simple funeral, but Meng Suncai has already done it. He not only handled the funeral in the form of a secular person, but also did not violate the Taoist understanding and practice of death and life.

Meng Suncai didn't care about the beginning of life, nor did he care about the end of life. He is not only concerned with the beginning and end of human life, but also with the beginning and end of the life of all things. This thing dies and the other thing lives, and life is so endless, why should we care about the joy of life and the sorrow of death? Why should you care if it's your husband or die first?

He adapts to the changes of nature and accomplishes what he ought to become, in anticipation of changes that he is not aware of! Besides, there is a change on the horizon, how can it not be changed? Even if it doesn't change, how do you know if it hasn't changed!

To know! The Tao is changing and evolving all the time. The emergence of any life is just a life process. So! And why care about the change or not of life and death?

It's just me and you! It's like a dream and I haven't woken up yet!

The men were dead and remaining, but it didn't hurt their spirits. The outer form is like an apartment, and death is like a new one, and their spirit will begin to find a new one.

Only Meng Sun woke up, and when people cried, he cried with him, which was the reason why he followed the customs of the locals, and he respected the funeral customs of the people around him.

Moreover! People always use their external appearance to claim that this is me, so how do they know that this external image is me?

I am the Word! I am all things! I can be everything! Who knows what will change us?

It's like turning into a bird in your dream and flapping your wings and flying straight into the blue sky. If you become a fish in your dreams, you can wag your tail and dive into the abyss.

I wonder if these people we are talking to today are awakened people? Or is it a dreamer?

When the happy mood comes, it's too late to laugh out loud. When I laughed, I didn't have time to do anything to show it. So! Don't make any arrangements, go with the flow, accept the cycle of death and life, enter the realm of endless life, integrate into the Tao, and become one with heaven and earth. ”

Yierzi went to visit Xu You.

Xu You asked, "What did Yao teach you?" ”

Yierzi replied, "Yao said to me, 'You must practice righteousness and explain right and wrong to others. Ask others to take you as a warning and not make the same mistakes again. ’”

Xu You said, "Why did you come to me? You've come to the wrong place! Yao carved a mark on your forehead with a punishment to make you remember what benevolence and righteousness are; He cut off your nose with a slash to make you remember what right and wrong are. Why are you still so unreminiscious, not a good person, and still wandering around freely, indulgently, and repeatedly in various places? ”

Yierzi said: "Even so, I have been punished for this, but I still want to wander in the world, and I want my freedom." ”

Xu You said: "I'm speechless to you, the two of us can't talk together." It's true! You can't talk to a blind man about a man's eyebrows or a woman's face, and you can't appreciate the different colors of a dress with a blind man. ”

Yierzi said: "After Wuzhuang enlightenment, he no longer dresses up and forgets his beauty; According to Liang Wudao, he was no longer reckless and forgot his bravery; After the Yellow Emperor became enlightened, he forgot his own wisdom. The reason why they are like this is because they have all experienced the smelting and forging of life. How do you know if the Creator has been unfair to me and has to make up for me after I have been punished, or if I will understand life from now on? Therefore! Shall I follow my husband? ”

Xu You said: "Alas! Then I'll tell you about it! But I don't know much, do I? So be it! I'll give you a rough idea! Oh my teacher! Oh my teacher! It is the Word! It gives growth to all things not for the pursuit of morality, it graces eternity for the sake of pursuing benevolence and righteousness, and it is older than antiquity for the pursuit of longevity. It turns the world upside down and makes everything in the heavens and the earth form different shapes, not for the sake of skill. This is the realm of entering the realm of free debauchery, indulgence, tossing and turning, and leisurely travel. Your kind of swimming is not really swimming, the realm is too small. ”