Xunzi Daily Class 359 丨 A peaceful way of life

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There are those who try to look deeply into its hidden and difficult. Those who are willing to be light on reason and not heavy on things have nothing; those who are heavy on the outside but not worried about things inside, there is nothing; those who act away from reason and are not in danger, there is nothing; those who are in danger of external danger but not afraid of things, there is nothing. If the heart is worried, it will be mouthed and not know its taste, listen to the bells and drums but do not know its sound, look at the mole and do not know its shape, light and warm and flat and the body does not know its safety. Therefore, the beauty of all things cannot be said. If you are false and have it, you can't leave it. Therefore, he is full of sorrow for the beauty of all things, and the beauty of all things is full of harm, so that he who seeks things also. Wellness also? Porridge Shou also? Therefore, they want to nurture their desires and indulge their feelings, they want to cultivate their nature and endanger their form, they want to nourish their pleasures and attack their hearts, and they want to cultivate their names and mess with their deeds. In this way, although he is crowned as a prince, he is no different from his husband and thief; he is no different from his inadequacy. Husband is to say that he is a servant of his own things. (Xunzi Zhengming, Chapter 22, 18)

There are those who try to look deeply into its hidden and difficult. Those who are willing to be light on reason and not heavy on things have nothing; those who are heavy on the outside but not worried about things inside, there is nothing; those who act away from reason and are not in danger, there is nothing; those who are in danger of external danger but not afraid of things, there is nothing.

I have also observed in depth the hidden and imperceptible situation. There is no such thing as a person who despises morality in his heart and does not value material interests; neither does anyone who values material interests but does not worry in his heart. There is no such thing as a person whose behavior is contrary to morality and does not encounter danger; neither is there a person who is in danger and is not afraid in his heart.

If the heart is worried, it will be mouthed and not know its taste, listen to the bells and drums but do not know its sound, look at the mole and do not know its shape, light and warm and flat and the body does not know its safety. Therefore, the beauty of all things cannot be said. If you are false and have it, you can't leave it.

I am worried and afraid in my heart, I can't feel delicious when I eat delicious food, I can't feel it when I listen to music, I can't feel the shape when I look at the gorgeous clothes, and I can't feel comfortable sitting on a bamboo mat in light and warm clothes. Therefore, after enjoying the beauty of all things, I still can't feel satisfied, and even if I get temporary satisfaction, I still can't stay away from worry and fear.

Therefore, we are worried about the beauty of all things, and we are full of harm at the beauty of all things. So its quest for things also, health also? Porridge Shou also?

Therefore, enjoying the beauty of all things is still very worried, and the interests of possessing all things still suffer great losses. Is such a person, the material interests he pursues, in the maintenance of life? Or are you selling out lifespan?

Therefore, they want to nurture their desires and indulge their feelings, they want to cultivate their nature and endanger their form, they want to nourish their pleasures and attack their hearts, and they want to cultivate their names and mess with their deeds.

A person who wants to satisfy his own desires but indulges his lusts, who wants to maintain his own life but endangers his own body, who wants to cultivate his own pleasure but infringes on his own soul, who wants to improve his reputation but corrupts his own character.

In this way, although he is crowned as a prince, he is no different from his husband and thief; he is no different from his inadequacy. Husband is to say that he is a servant of his own things.

Such a person, even if he is a prince and a prince, is no different from a thief; even if he sits in a high-class carriage and wears the top hat of a high official, there is no difference between him and a man without feet. This is to enslave yourself to material gain.

Why do some people seem to be successful but can't be happy, while others seem to have nothing to do, but they enjoy themselves all day? This is because the latter kind of person is only superficially unsuccessful, and the life he pursues has a bottom line, a principled life, not to get it by his way, not to take it, not to take it, even if the whipper also does it. This is a kind of perseverance, a standard of measurement of life, a way of life of peace of mind. Peace is not poverty, but the heart.

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