Since the death of Rong'er and Yang Qing'er, Zhuangzi has been out of the house twice. For the first time, he went to the country of Qi to find the son he had with Rong'er. After Rong'er's death, the son was left to Rong'er's adoptive mother and Rong'er's sisters.

He is the same age as Rong'er's son and Mai'er's daughter, and the difference between the two is half a year. So! It was always carried by Mai'er. Afterward! Rong'er's adoptive mother died, and Mai'er left the capital with her two children and went into seclusion. After all! Zhuang Buming and Dai Liu'er have too many enemies, and there have always been people waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. That kind of frightened days have made Mai'er unable to live normally and has to leave.

When Zhuangzi learned that his son had been taken away by Mai'er, he went to the country of Qi to look for him. Later, he went to Zhao and Yan, and also to a far north place.

Zhuangzi's Mojia swordsmanship left a reputation in the Zhao State. Later, there was the article "Speaking of Sword". That was later, not what happened during the search for his son's whereabouts.

Zhuangzi's second trip was because he was entrusted by Yang Qing'er to a dream, and he said that she would take care of Zhuangzi and Yang Qing'er's son. He and Yang Qing'er's son was taken away by Tianya Nameless and went to the state of Chu to live in seclusion.

Yang Zhu has too many enemies, and there are too many people who want to exterminate the Yang family. In order to preserve the bloodline of Yang Zhu's predecessors, Tianya Wuming took his children to live in seclusion.

This time Zhuangzi went to the state of Chu, and later went to Wuyue, Nanban and other places, but did not find Tianya Wuming and his son. Tianya Nameless may have blocked his search and deliberately avoided him, in order to promise Yang Qing'er a descendant to the Yang family and Zhuangzi.

Except for these two expeditions, Zhuangzi almost lived in seclusion in the Mojia branch altar. On the surface, he was in seclusion, but in fact he still preached to the world by looking inward at the world. After Song Kuocheng was driven away by his younger brother King Song Kang, Zhuangzi was able to preach publicly, this period! He didn't preach openly, he just wrote books publicly.

During the Song Dynasty, because of the Qiyuan incident and because Taoism made the Song Kingdom strong, Song Quecheng did not allow Zhuangzi to preach publicly out of selfishness and pressure from the outside world. Otherwise! Zhuangzi was not allowed to stay in the Song Kingdom. In fact! He was still afraid that Zhuangzi would come to "Zhuang's Song".

It was not until the reign of King Kang of the Song Dynasty that Zhuangzi compiled the content of his sermons into a book, burned them on bamboo slips, and spread them.

The book "Zhuangzi", which has been handed down in later generations, is the most widely circulated and has been handed down to this day. The content of this book is basically written by Zhuangzi and recorded by his disciples, which is different from the earlier versions that have been circulated.

The early editions were numerous and scattered, while the later editions were only in three parts: the inner, the outer and the miscellaneous, with a total of 33 articles. There are seven inner chapters, fifteen outer chapters, and eleven miscellaneous articles.

The seven inner chapters of the book Zhuangzi that have been handed down in modern times are all edited and sorted out by the "great power" of Zhuangzi's later generations, that is, people who understand Zhuangzi's learning according to Zhuangzi's philosophical thoughts and theories, not from Zhuangzi himself. Just like the Analects, the quotations of Confucius were compiled and named the Analects.

Other words! The "Wandering Journey" in the inner part is not named after Zhuangzi or a complete article written by Zhuangzi, but is edited and sorted out by Zhuangzi's later generations according to Zhuangzi's articles and theories.

If you understand the seven chapters of Zhuangzi, you basically don't need to read the outer chapters and miscellaneous chapters that follow. The first of the seven articles, "Getaway", is very important, and it talks about the realm. The second article, "The Theory of Things", is about theory, which is just as important. The other articles are all about application, and are annotations and extensions of the first two articles.

The premise of understanding "Getaway" is to first understand what the Tao is. To study Zhuangzi and Taoism, one must first understand what Tao is.

Taoists believe that the Tao is the origin of all things. Everything we do comes from the Tao, including the universe and the starry sky, everything.

The Tao is not a mysterious, just not easy to explain it.

What is the Tao?

Taoists believe that all things are Tao. Everything that can change is the Tao. The Tao is change, evolution. It's this thing now, and it's changed to another thing.

After change, evolution, and evolution, after countless years of change, evolution, and evolution, everything has become a new thing, and it has become a new thing. There are also some things that can be changed immediately into another kind of thing. For example, chemical reactions in modern science.

What can change can be called Tao! So! In the book "Zhuangzi", he often talks about the Tao, talks about change, and gives many examples.

Like the theory of evolution in modern science, Taoism believes that the universe, the starry sky, the earth, and all human beings have evolved through evolution. This ever-changing East and East is the "Tao". So! All things are roads.

Because! Everything is constantly changing. This is the way it is now, and it will not be the case in the future. So! All things are roads.

That is to say: everything evolved from some original substance. And a certain primordial substance may be a random thing now. From the present thing, everything that came after changed into a whole new world. That new world may be some universe, starry sky, earth, human beings, and all things......

Of course! It's an analogy! No one knows what will change into something now. It's like we don't know how we and our cosmic sky have changed......

After understanding what the Tao is, he begins to talk about people.

Taoists believe that human beings, like everything on the earth, are just a species born at the right time. Everything on the earth is a species, including beasts and plants, but also earth, stones, air, ......

Let's talk about it bigger! The stars in the universe are also a species. From the perspective of planet-to-planet, aren't planets all planets between planets? Aren't they all one species on a larger scale?

From a higher and farther perspective, what is the solar system? Isn't it? The solar system is in the vast universe, and it may not be at all.

Of course! In the Zhuangzi period, there was no such thing as a solar system, and at that time there was still very little understanding of the universe. But! The Taoists stood on the level of the Tao, on the level of evolution, and recognized this, which is mentioned in the Tao Te Ching.

Look at the problem from the height of the Tao, look at the universe, look at the earth. If we look at human beings and life, we will have a new life.

Because! The difference in outlook on life, world outlook, and cosmology determines the difference in our life destiny.

If we do not have a correct outlook on life, the world, and the universe, our lives will be in a state of confusion. We live as others live, thinking that that is life.

In "Getaway", it is mainly about the "realm", about the outlook on life, the world and the universe. Only by establishing a correct outlook on life, the world, and the universe, and standing on the height of understanding the Tao, can we achieve a "leisurely life" and truly achieve a "leisurely journey".

Otherwise! They are only envious and do not understand the leisurely life of Zhuangzi and Taoism, and cannot enjoy the real "leisurely travel".

If we do not have a correct outlook on life, the world, and the universe, so to speak, mankind will never be truly peaceful.

What is the outlook on life, the world, and the cosmology?

In fact, it is our view and attitude in the world! It is how you treat your own life, others, and the world with what kind of perspective and attitude you have. How do you live on your own? How do you get along with people and see the world? How do you think about the position and status of man in the universe, and what is man in the universe?

This is the outlook on life, the world, and the universe!

If your outlook on life, worldview, and cosmology is wrong, you will not have a happy life, you will only live a confused life, and you will live a life without knowing why. If you don't know what the Tao is, you won't have what Zhuangzi calls "a leisurely life."

Taoists believe that human beings, like everything on the earth, are just a species born at the right time!

Before reading "The Getaway", you must understand what the Tao is! What a person!

If you accept it: human beings, like everything on earth, are just a species born at the right time! So! You'll be able to read Getaway. Maybe! You can "have a good time" and live a good life.