322 BC, more than 2300 years ago, a late autumn. Boundless falling wood, full of desolation.
It seemed that it was about to reach the border of the Chu state.
Standing on the Haoshui Bridge, Huishi couldn't help but look at the girder from afar.
That's a sad thing.
There were people and things he knew well, and there was a career he had devoted 13 years of hard work to.
But suddenly he was deprived of everything and had to leave.
Life is so impermanent, isn't it?
Huishi didn't say a word, just looked at the quietly flowing water in a daze.
His friend Zhuangzi wanted to comfort the deposed former Wei Xiang.
"You see the fish swimming in groups, they are leisurely and self-reliant, it's really happy."
But Huishi, who was sad and flowing against the river, was depressed and desolate in his heart, and he couldn't listen to a word of advice at all.
He was not angry enough to grasp this stubble and argue with Zhuangzi.
"Son non-fish, the joy of knowing the fish?" (You're not a fish, how do you know how happy a fish is?) ）
"The son is not me, and I know that I don't know the joy of fish?" (You're not me, how do you know I don't know the joy of fish?) ）
Thus began a thousand-year debate. History is called "the debate of Haoliang".
The "Debate of Haoliang" argues about fish, not fish.
What the two argue is life:
Instead of struggling with right and wrong, jump out, change perspective, and re-examine the world.
Change your perspective, change your mood. When suffering and injustice are encountered, it is better to broaden the horizon and broaden it, and perhaps you can be relieved and find a way.
The debate of Hao Liang
"The Debate of Haoliang" is from Zhuangzi and Keiko in "Zhuangzi Qiushui". The story is divided into two parts, and the first part explains the background of its occurrence.
Huizi Xiangliang, Zhuangzi to see it. Or Huizi said: "Zhuangzi came, and wanted to replace the son." So Keiko was afraid and searched the middle school for three days and three nights. Zhuangzi looked at it and said, "There is a bird in the south, and its name is Quail, and the son knows it?" The Bird bird originates in the South China Sea and flies in the North Sea, not only sycamore, not practicing and not eating, not drinking from Liquan. So the bird got the rotten rat, and the bird overtook it, and looked up and said, 'Scared! 'Does the son want to frighten me with the kingdom of the son?' ”
Huishi was fired, which was related to the poor environment of the Wei state.
Zhuangzi went to wei to visit his old friend Huishi, but he was wanted. The person who issued the wanted notice was his good friend Huishi.
Because King Hui of Wei always wanted to replace Huishi, please be smart. It just so happened that at this point, someone told Huishi that Zhuangzi had robbed you of your job.
This King Hui of Wei was not a good lord to serve. He was ambitious and always wanted to do something more than he could.
He consulted Mencius and asked how to do it in the country's favor.
Confucians emphasize benevolence and righteousness, inner saints and outer kings, and if they want to talk to King Hui of Li and Wei, it is simply chicken and duck. Mencius then left without saying a word.
Later, he met Zhuangzi and talked about the way of war.
Zhuangzi shook his head and told a story of the battle of the worm horns. Admonished King Hui of Wei that a war for the sake of small profits was like two small countries on a snail's horn fighting each other, which was insignificant at all.
--King Hui of Wei was successively despised by two academic tycoons.
Just like the owner of a small company, the qualifications are mediocre, and he does not try to change the business pattern and philosophy, always thinking of doing speculative business, chicken feathers fly into the sky, and suddenly become a business boss.
Huishi's idea is very pragmatic, you are a small boss, join hands with Zhao Guo, Qi Guo and other small bosses to do business together, and thank God for not being swallowed up by the Qin Guo Group. Don't always think about taking advantage of people and offending them all.
King Hui of Wei was not, he always wanted to make a lot of money with the Qin Guo Group and eat a fat man.
It can be seen that as the management of Wei Guo Company, Wei Huiwang and Huishi are seriously incompatible in business philosophy. The ambitious chairman Wei Huiwang is already very unhappy with this CEO Huishi who is bent on protecting his capital.
Therefore, Huishi was full of grass and trees, full of thoughts about how to keep his job. Therefore, there was a great misunderstanding of Zhuangzi at the beginning.
But Zhuangzi had already seen through everything and did not bother Huishi to search for it, but found Huishi's house by himself and delivered it to his door. He told Huishi. This Wei state was already full of dangers, and it was too late for the clear-eyed people to hide. Just like the phoenix flying from the south, will it be able to see the mouse meat hidden by the harrier eagle?
Mencius met King Hui of Wei
People who love to take advantage of small things always attract scammers in particular.
Zhang Yi, a member of the Zongheng family, soon came to the State of Wei.
This man is a notorious churning stick. He wrote a large number of empty cheques and asked King Hui of Wei to be cannon fodder to help the Qin state engage in annexation.
At the same time, the State of Qin stepped up its attack on the State of Wei, successively capturing many important places such as Hexi and Quwo in the State of Wei.
Under the carrots and sticks of the Qin Kingdom, King Hui of Wei, who loved to play small calculations, immediately changed his mind. He decided to abandon Huishi's practice of holding together with other small companies to keep warm, and instead turned to the Qin state. Zhang Yi was quickly appointed Xiangguo.
Next, Zhang Yi wanted to clear the opposition in order to cut off the road of Queen Wei Hui and let him focus on Qin. So Huishi was not only laid off, but also expelled by Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi gave favors to Wei one by one. Huizi of Chu, king of Chu received it. ”
Not only that, but also face life danger.
"Keiko changed her clothes and changed her crown, and took advantage of public opinion, almost out of Wei Realm."
In order to save his life, Huishi had to disguise himself and escape. The situation has become critical.
A benefit in the midst of right and wrong
As Huishi's friend, zhuangzi also had to run together in order to avoid being implicated.
Haoliang's argument took place on the northeastern border of the Chu state. At that time, Huishi and Zhuangzi were on their way to escape.
At this moment, what message did Zhuangzi really want to express through Hao Liang's argument?
Let's take a look at the second part of Zhuangzi and Keiko in "Zhuangzi Autumn Water", the main body of the debate between Haoliang.
Zhuangzi and Keiko swim above Haoliang. Zhuang Zi said: "The fish swim calmly, and it is the joy of the fish." Keiko said, "Zi non-fish, the joy of the fish?" Zhuang Zi said: "The son is not me, do you know that I do not know the joy of fish?" Hui Zi said, "I am not a son, I do not know the son, the son is not a fish, the son does not know the joy of the fish, all." Zhuang Zi said, "Please follow the basics." Zi Yue 'Ru'an ZhiYu Le' Yun, since he knows what I know, asks me, I know Hao Shangye. ”
Hence the scene at the beginning of this article. Zhuangzi tried to comfort Huishi and wanted to open up a little to see how happy the fish were. Imagine yourself as a happy fish.
The disgruntled Huishi denied: How do you see that the fish are happy, you are not a fish, how do you know that they are happy or unhappy?
Between the arguments, Zhuangzi seemed to think of another way.
Huishi is the leader of the school of masters, so why not start with the debates that the masters are good at?
"You're not me, how do you know I don't understand the happiness of fish?" Zhuangzi said.
Huishi, who was frowning, was actually amused.
--Zhuangzi is debating with me! Maybe I've lost the enviable power. But looking at the overall situation, I can also choose to be with the truth, to be friends with the academic bulls, to travel with floating boats, to play the piano and poetry, and not to be happy!
That's it, Huishi wanted to open up completely.
"I'm not you, so I don't know what you think; you're not a fish, so you don't know the joy of a fish either." That's it. ”
However, Zhuangzi still did not give up. "Go back to the very beginning when you said, 'How do you know fish are happy?' Since you want to know how I know that fish are happy, then I tell you that I knew it on the Haoshui Bridge. ”
Zhuangzi is really a witty and humorous person.
This dialogue integrates the famous masters and Taoist thoughts, which not only has the logical dialectics of the famous masters, but also reflects Zhuangzi's philosophical thought of "forgetting myself". It can be said that the angle is unique and unique. One can't help but sigh that philosophy can also be very light.
After some lip service, Keiko debated happily for the sake of "Fish Joy", completely forgetting the troubles of the world, immersed in the "Joy of Bars" and unable to extricate herself...
Maybe this is the joy of the bully.
Sub-non-fish, anzhi fish pleasure?
There is a fish in the north, and its name is Kun. The carp leaped into a bird, and its back did not know how many thousand miles long it was, it could stir up three thousand miles of huge waves, and it could fly up to a height of ninety thousand miles by the wind.
However, the cicada and the little spotted dove laughed at Kunpeng: We struggled to take off, but we just went to the tree, if we couldn't fly up for a while and fell to the ground. Why fly to the South China Sea, 90,000 miles away?
This is what Zhuangzi said at the beginning of His Getaway.
The bird laughed at Kunpeng, and his vision was very different.
Life is not satisfactory, nine times out of ten. How to deal with the difficulties?
It is better to change the dimension and let the mind jump out of reality. It's like Kunpeng soaring up to ninety thousand miles.
Broaden your horizons and think in terms of your whole life, your whole society, and even the wider range. The train of thought will be one wide.
Just like although Huishi lost power for a while, but in the whole life, this is just a small wave, in fact, he has a broader world.
And think differently, such as empathizing with other people or things around you. Can't you make yourself happy by feeling the joy of fish?
Material limitations may not be enough to limit spiritual freedom.
Life is full of endless possibilities.
Zhuang Zhou Mengdi
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