The book of Zhuangzi
In the deep black space, a human figure was faintly seen that merged with the black, and this person was the subject, Feng Ming.
His eyes were closed, and he was trying to recall the meaningful words left by the voice: "There is no source, there is no knowledge." There is reality but no place, and there is a long but no plagiarism. Those who have something but no knowledge have the truth. There are those who are real but have no place, and there are those who are long and have no roots, and there are those who are long and have no roots. This text seal had been silently recited in his heart hundreds of times, but he couldn't understand what was hidden in it, and he wondered if something was missing.
Suddenly, a fragment flashed through Feng Ming's mind, it was a scene of him reading a book in the study, he was looking at a book with relish, and did not find his sister who was secretly hiding behind him, and he was also startled by his sister who was focusing on reading, at that time, he seemed to be reading an ancient book that seemed to mention these words.
Feng Ming fell into recollection, and suddenly reproduced the scene in his mind
"Hey, brother. ”
A girl patted Feng Ming behind and suddenly patted him on the shoulder, then jumped in front of him and said.
Feng Ming said to the girl helplessly: "My brother is reading, don't make trouble." ”
"Brother, what kind of book are you reading, so concentrated, you didn't even hear me come in, let me read it too!"
The girl said coquettishly to Feng Ming.
"You still don't understand, I'm reading Zhuangzi, are you sure you want to read it?"
Forget it, such a Chinese teacher will let us translate a lot every day, so I'd better save my brain cells. Feng Ming's sister stuck out her tongue and said mischievously.
"Then you go out and play, I'll watch for a while. ”
"Wait, I'm going to test my brother. ”
"What to test?"
"Hehe, just translate these two sentences for me, and I'll leave after listening. ”
Feng Ming's sister was referring to the two sentences that Feng Ming couldn't think of meaning now after thinking about it.
Feng Ming continued to reminisce.
"I really can't help you, okay, there is no source, there is no way to get in. There is reality but no place, and there is a long but no plagiarism. Those who have something but no knowledge have the truth. There are those who are real but have no place, and there are those who are long and have no roots, and there are those who are long and have no roots. That's it, right?"
"Well, go on, others always praise my brother for studying well, but I want to see how good my brother is. ”
The girl's words made Feng Ming speechless for a moment, but he still said dotingly
I don't understand this sentence very well, but the modern scholar Zhang Jinghua translates it as: "There is an entity that exists but is not fixed and does not remain at a certain position, which is called the universe, and there are external attributes but there is no fixed measure to measure it is called the universe." This definition of the universe has nothing to do with time and space, and has similarities with modern cosmology. But it has not been accepted by the people for a long time. ”
The fragment of memory ended here, and Feng Ming finally remembered the meaning of these two sentences: there is an entity that exists but is not fixed and does not remain in a certain position, which is called the universe, and there are external attributes but no fixed measure that can be measured, called the universe.
What does that voice mean by saying two sentences? Isn't it talking about the origin of the universe? What does that have to do with the test?
Feng Ming couldn't figure out this, he wanted to ask and understand but couldn't contact that voice, and now he has become a mute, which really makes Feng Ming embarrassed to death.
"There is no beginning, there is no beginning, there is no beginning. ”
Feng Ming muttered these four words in his heart, and seemed to understand something again.
"Is the test connected to the universe?"
Feng Ming made a bold guess.