Zhuangzi and his fellow countryman friend Hui Shi are walking on a bridge in Haoshui.
Zhuangzi looked at the silver carp in the water and said, "Silver carp is carefree in the water. This is the happiness of fish. "
Keiko said, "If you are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of the fish?"
Zhuangzi said, "If you are not me, how do you know that I don't know the happiness of fish?"
Keiko said, "I'm not you, although I don't know you;" You are not a fish, and you don't know the happiness of fish, which is completely certain. "
Zhuangzi said, "Please go back to where we started. You said,' How do you know that fish are happy?' You already know that I know that fish are happy. Ask me, I know it by the Haoshui River. "
2. The owl got the rotten mouse.
Hui Shi is Wei's ambassador to Daliang, and Zhuangzi went to visit him. Someone told Hui Shi: "Zhuangzi came to be the main beam to replace you as the prime minister." So Hui Shi was so scared that he searched for three days and three nights in Beijing. Zhuangzi went to see him and said, "There is a bird in the south. Its name is Guli. Do you know that?/You know what?
The stork took off from the South China Sea and flew to the North Sea. It's not that the buttonwood tree is not alive, that the bamboo fruit is not eaten, and that the sweet spring water is not drunk. At this time, the owl picked up a rotten mouse, and carp flew in front of it. The owl looked up and said, "Drink!" The voice of anger. Now you want to scare me with your Guo Liang? "?
3. Material and immaterial
Walking in the mountains, Zhuangzi saw a beautiful tall tree with lush foliage. The woodcutter stopped by the tree, but didn't cut it down. Zhuangzi asked him why, and the woodcutter replied, "This tree is useless." Zhuangzi said: "Because this tree was unsuccessful, it ended its life." Zhuangzi came out of the mountain to the county seat and stayed at the home of an old friend. The old friend was very happy, prepared wine and meat, and asked the boy to kill a goose to entertain him.
The boy asked, "Goose can crow, but goose can't crow. Which one should I kill? " The master's father said, "If you don't scream, you will be killed." The next day, the disciple asked Zhuangzi, "Yesterday, the tree in the mountain died because of failure, but now the owner's goose died because of failure. Whose side will you take, sir? " Zhuangzi smiled and said, "I will be between success and failure.
Between success and failure, what seems to be the right position is actually not, so it is inevitable to be hurt. If we act according to morality, it will not be like this: there is no reputation and humiliation, sometimes it is a dragon, sometimes it is a snake, and it changes at any time, and it is unwilling to specialize in one thing; From time to time, from time to time, how can it be a disaster to roam in the original state of everything and dominate everything without being enslaved by everything?
This is the principle of life adopted by Shennong and Huangdi. As for the love of all things, the way of human relations is not so. Success will be destroyed, strength will decline, spirit will be damaged, dignity will be overthrown, integrity will be bent, aggregation will be dispersed, cherish will be abandoned, resourcefulness will be calculated, and immorality will be bullied. How can you be paranoid and dependent? "?
4. Zhuang Zhoumeng Butterfly
Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he had become a butterfly, fluttering and relaxed. He completely forgot that he was Zhuang Zhou. After a while, he woke up and felt very surprised and confused about himself or Zhuang Zhou. He thought and thought carefully. I don't know whether Zhuang Zhou dreamed of becoming a butterfly or whether the butterfly dreamed of becoming Zhuang Zhou. There must be a difference between Zhuang Zhou and Butterfly. This is called the unity of things and me.
5. Drum basin and Song Dynasty
When Zhuangzi lost his wife in his later years, Hui Shi heard the news and went to offer condolences. He is an old friend of Zhuangzi, and now he is not Prime Minister Liang. There is no need to put on airs. It is necessary to comfort Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's house is in an alley, and the carriage can't get in. Ryan got out of the car and Hui Shi went in. Zhuangzi's eldest son knelt outside the door to meet the clothes hanger and said, "My mother thanked my uncle." Hui Shi helped the dutiful son up, said a few words according to the etiquette, then put on the mask of compassion, entered the gate seriously and entered the mourning hall.
Zhuangzi sat next to the coffin, his legs spread out, as unsightly as a dustpan, clapping his hands to accompany the earthen basin and singing loudly, without any sadness. Seeing Hui Shi's funeral coming, I sang his songs without saying hello.
Hui Shi said, "This couple have been sleeping together for many years. She raised children for you and sent away their youth. When they get old, they die. You don't have to cry, but you, alas, actually knock on the basin and sing. Don't you think you have gone too far? "
Zhuangzi said, "You are wrong. I'm human too. How can I not be sad? But I can't be dominated by feelings blindly, I want to think calmly. I think of the past, when she was not born, and that was not life. Earlier, not only was it not life, but even embryos were not formed. Earlier, not only did it not become an embryo, but it also had no soul. Later, when I was in a trance, Yin and Yang mated and became a wisp of soul gas. Later, the soul gas became a soul body, so there was an embryo.
Later, the embryo became a baby, and she was born and became an independent life. Life has gone through all kinds of hardships and turned into death. Looking back on her life, I think of how similar the time series of spring, summer, autumn and winter is. Now she will move from my hut to the big house in heaven and earth, and she will lie down peacefully. I didn't sing goodbye, but I sent it away in tears. I don't understand the truth of being a man. As soon as I thought of this, I felt sorry for my loss and knocked on the basin to sing. "
Hui Shi presented a bag of gold in his hand, put it into the earthen pot, secretly scolded him and left.
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Idiom Stories in Zhuangzi
1, chop and change
Source: Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything: "I was given by the public, saying' three to four deaths'." All the snipers are angry. Said,' but it's always changing. Everyone is very happy. It is also because the name is not worthy of the name and it is used angrily. "
Explanation:
(archaic) The essence remains the same, and people are fooled when they change their eyes.
(Today) Later, the metaphor was capricious and often changed its mind.
2. Pengcheng Wan Li
Source: "Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Tour" "Peng moved to Nanming, the water hit three thousand miles, and the climber was nine Wan Li."
Commentary: According to legend, Pengniao can fly to Wan Li, which is a metaphor for great prospects.
3, the East is effective.
Source: "Zhuangzi Tian Yun": "Therefore, I am sick and worry about it. The ugly people inside are beautiful and fascinated by it. When the rich see it, they will stay at home; When the poor see it, they leave with their wives. "
Explanation: Don't blindly imitate others, let alone know why, otherwise the result will only be counterproductive!
4. Frog at the bottom of a well
Source: "Zhuangzi Qiushui": "Well frogs can't talk to people in the sea, but they are confined to the air."
Explanation: Metaphor is short-sighted but conceited. It's no use telling someone who has never seen the world.
5. Laugh and be generous
Source: "Zhuangzi Qiushui": "My parents laugh at home."
Explanation: make people laugh: make people laugh; Generosity: originally refers to those who know the truth, and later refers to those who are knowledgeable or have expertise. Make the insiders laugh.
6. Sigh at the sea
Source: "Zhuangzi Qiushui": "So, Hebo began to smile and sigh."
Explanation: The original meaning of this idiom is that only when you see the greatness of others will you feel small. Later, people used it to show that they felt helpless because they didn't have enough strength or conditions to do things.
7. Full of ambition
Source: "Zhuangzi Health Master": "Stand with a knife, look around for it, and aim high."
Explanation: Hesitation, calmness and complacency; Enrichment, satisfaction; Volunteers, volunteers. Describe being very proud of your achievements.
8, relaxed and comfortable
Source: "Zhuangzi Health Master": "Those who have a festival have a room, and the blade is not thick; Without thickness, there is room for recovery. "
Description: The metaphor is skillful and experienced, and it is effortless to solve problems.
9. Stretching
Source: Zhuangzi Jean Wang: "Ceng Zi Juwei, who didn't make clothes for ten years, was crowned and destroyed. He was stretched and determined to win."
Description: When you pull a skirt, you will show your elbows and describe the clothes as tattered. Metaphor attend to one thing and lose another, poor to cope with.
10, care for each other
Source: Master Zhuangzi. The original text "Spring is dry, fish is on land. It's better to forget each other in Jianghu. It is better to get carried away than to be arrogant. "
Explanation: phase: mutual. Wet, wet. To: use. Bubble: spit. Metaphor is to help each other with meager strength in difficult situations.
1 1, hurricane and rain
Source: "Zhuangzi Tianxia": "The rain is very heavy and the wind is urgent."
Description: People often work hard outside, regardless of the wind and rain.
12, peep at the sky through peeping.
Source: Zhuangzi Qiushui: "Looking at the sky with a straight tube and pointing at the ground with a cone, isn't it small?"
Explanation: Look at the sky through the hole in the bamboo tube. Metaphor is narrow-minded or one-sided.
13, lifelike
Source: Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything: "Zhou Meng, Qianzhuang, is true and lifelike, which is a metaphor for his ambition! I don't know, Zhou Ye. When you feel sudden, you feel sudden. "
Explanation: Vivid: Lively and vivid appearance. Refers to the artistic image is very realistic, as if there is life.
14, washed white.
Source: The Analects of Confucius Zhang Zi: "A villain must also write." Zhuangzi Stole Foot: "Argument is enough to cover up right and wrong."
Interpretation: text, decoration: cover up; Right and wrong: wrong. Cover up your mistakes and mistakes with beautiful words.
15, blink of an eye
Source: "Zhuangzi refers to the North Tour" "If there is a gap between the heavens and the earth of life, it is sudden."
Explanation: Describe how time flies.
16
Source: Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything: "Mao Cong and Li Ji are also beautiful; The fish sees its depth, the bird sees its flight, and the elk sees its sudden. Who knows the positive color of the world?
Explanation: the fish saw it sink to the bottom of the water, and the goose saw it land on the sandbar. Describe the beauty of women.
17, Daguan
Source: "Zhuangzi Heaven and Earth": "Recover the Tao, cover everything, and make the mountains and rivers strong!"
Commentary: Yang Yang: grand and numerous; Grand view: a colorful scene. Describe things or scenes very colorful, grand and spectacular.
18, unremarkable
Source: Zhuangzi Deliberately: "The husband is lonely and does nothing. The world is flat, and so is morality. "
Description: I am quiet and comfortable, and I don't ask for anything.
19, dead wood and ashes
Source: "Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything": "Can solid shape make it like hanging wood, and solid heart make it like ashes?"
Description: White ash: cold ash left after burning. Dead as a log, my heart is dying. Metaphor is extremely negative and pessimistic.
20. A best friend who never gives up.
Source: "Zhuangzi Grand Master": "Four people smile at each other and do not contradict each other, so they are friends."
Explanation: refers to very close or congenial friends.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuangzi