Where there are people is the rivers and lakes
The word "jiangs and lakes" comes from "Zhuangzi. The Great Master Chapter": The spring has dried up, and the two fishes are on the land, hugging each other with moisture, and soaking each other with foam. Forgetting each other in Jianghu
What is Jianghu? People are the world. What is Jianghu? Grudges are the world. Jianghu is beautiful, waving the sword with his name engraved on it alone on the street late at night, as cool as the wind, Jianghu is helpless, watching his beloved master and friend bleed into the sand, and he can only face the wall for ten years for revenge. This is Jianghu. In the arena, you can combine your swords with your lover and play the song "Swordsman and Proud of the Arena". You can also rely on your own extreme intelligence to find legendary secrets and practice peerless martial arts. Or start a mountain to recruit disciples and become a respected master. You can also make your own sword, kill one person in ten steps, leave no trace behind for thousands of miles, and become the legendary lone swordsman. After completing some almost harsh conditions, you can worship legendary figures such as Feng Qingyang, Zhang Sanfeng, Bodhidharma, Wang Chongyang, and Yang Guo, and learn enviable martial arts.
The term "jianghu" was first proposed by Zhuangzi. It comes from "Zhuangzi's Great Master Chapter". The original sentence is "The spring has dried up, and the fish and I are on the land. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes."
The original meaning is: After the spring water dried up, the two fishes did not leave in time and were trapped in a small depression on the land. The two fishes could not move. They moistened each other with mouth foam to keep each other moist. At this time, the two fishes remembered their past lives of freedom in rivers and lakes, not knowing each other.
Then Gu Long said in a martial arts book through the mouth of the killer Yan Shisan: People in the Jianghu can't help themselves, which became a shocking statement. So far, the title of Jianghu has been accepted by more people. , also has a deeper and broader connotation. In the end, it was Mr. Gu Long who summarized the name of Jianghu: Wherever there are people, it is Jianghu. As I said, I remember Tsui Hark's version of "The Swordsman II", that unforgettable ink landscape and innocent work, because "as long as there are people, there will be grudges" became heavy.
Looking back to Zhuangzi, he has always used the form of fables to explain mysterious truths, which can be said to be precious. Rivers and lakes, not streams and seas, precisely because streams cannot hold more, give people the feeling of gurgling water, crystal clear, and we can't bear to see the turbidity; the sea is so huge, violent and terrifying, and there is only one thing in our hearts Awe-inspiring, feeling daunting. Only rivers and lakes can truly express the artistic conception. Rivers are as long as streams, and have the potential to rush to the Bohai Sea. The complex water environment is mixed with mud and sand; lakes are also deep as the sea, and contain infinite life. Human sorrow lies in the world.