There is a story in ancient times: when the "hermit" Xu Yu learned that Yao wanted to make him the governor of Kyushu, he "did not want to hear it, but washed his ears on the waterfront". At this time, a man named Father Nest led a calf over and asked Xu Yu why he washed his ears, Xu Yu said, "Yao wants to summon me to be the governor of Kyushu, and he hears evilly", And Father Chao laughed and said, "If the son is in a high shore and a deep valley, and humanity is not clear, who can see the son?" The son floats, wants to hear his reputation, and sweats my calves! (The Biography of Coats)
"Hermit", the connection belt is a pursuit of fame and fortune, and it is admittedly noble.
But noble pursuits should be natural in nature, unrestrained, formless and formless. Just like the clear spring, with the undulating of the mountain, it flows smoothly and quietly, and travels quietly and peacefully.
And what Xu "hermit" did is really confusing - to express (or shape) the "human design" of "indifferent to fame and fortune" in such an impassioned way actually understands that people can see at a glance that this person is keen on fame and fortune in his bones. Such a pretentious way of playing, it is inevitable to remind people of HuaFei's famous saying "a slut is a pretentious person".
Why is this so pretentious? It's actually quite simple. Originally, some pursuits were noble, but once some people felt that they were involved with noble things, they often consciously or unconsciously couldn't help but think of some way to make their "person" shine a little -- so all kinds of overexert operations appeared, and then things became tainted.
Cao Gong, who knows the affairs of the poor world and reads all the people in the world, reveals this truth to us with a series of "sentimental" small stories.
Let's look at two of the bridge sections: "Jia Pardon Grabs the Fan" and "Miao Yu Washes the Ground".
There is almost no good deeds to be said about the "forgiveness of the old master", but there are also some vassals of elegant hobbies - collecting fans. Originally, this was not a bad thing, it was better than "a small wife on the left and a small wife on the right in the house" and "putting the body without maintenance, the officials are not good at getting angry, and the Chengri family and the little wife drinking" are stronger. (46th)
But when it's good, it gets tasty. "I don't know where I saw a few old fans, came home, saw that all these good fans in the house were not used, and immediately asked people to search everywhere" - this is a collection of cultural existence, which was originally unattainable, it was a fate, but there was a chance to meet, and the owner of the thing had some natural interest.
If you deliberately "search" for "good objects", in fact, you have lost the authenticity of the origin and entered the merchant all the way - not to say that there is anything wrong with the antique dealer, as long as the legal operation is beyond reproach, but as a cultural hobby to collect and go out of the business behavior, this is debatable.
In fact, what the "forgiveness of the old master" did was nothing more than feeling that he was doing such a graceful thing, and he always wanted the world to know it. And there is no decent brand goods, it seems that it is not high-grade enough, not enough to show the surface - once the psychology changes, the behavior will be wrong. At this time, the enthusiasm for fans is no longer a pure collection hobby, but has transformed into a "human design" that creates its own "elegance".
So the tragedy of the stone nerd occurred. Serious business requires two wishes, and it is also justified that others do not sell. But this suddenly affected the "forgiveness of the old master" to satisfy the vanity of the thing, so he became temperamental and jumped to his feet, "every day scolding the second master for failing to do it."
When people reach this level, they are more or less psychopathic, and finally as long as they "hold the fan", they are satisfied, and what "the rain village that heard the unreasonable, they set up a method, blackmailed him for defaulting on the official silver", "copied this fan, made the official price", "The stone idiot now does not know whether he is dead or alive", he can not care, and he can also ask "how did people get it" with a straight face. In the face of the son's rebuttal of "for this little thing, making people miserable, and nothing can be done" - Second Master Lian's words are really praiseworthy - he actually has a face to "mix up". (48th)
A culture lover who was still a bit of a character, just because of the "human design", finally went along with the bully behavior.
We have discussed the matter of "monk" Miaoyu several times, but from this point of view, her little behavior is still worth discussing.
I have discussed a lot before, and this time it is enough to click two places: "If I have eaten it, I will smash it and cannot give it to him" - mainly because I think that the things that Grandma Liu touched are "dirty".
"Call a few little children to come, and make a few buckets of water in the river to wash the ground", and we must emphasize that "they carried the water, only under the root of the wall outside the mountain gate, and did not come in the door" - or afraid that others would be "dirty". (41 times)
It seems that this "threshold outsider" (the sixty-third time) is really "extremely pure and pure" (the one hundred and twelfth time).
After reading Miaoyu, let's take a look at the other two. Master Hongyi once told a story about Shakyamuni:
"The Buddha and Ananda went out on a parade, and on the way they met a drunken disciple who was so drunk that he was unconscious; the Buddha ordered Ananda to lift his feet, raise his head himself, and carry him all the way to the well, draw water from a bucket, and ask Ananda to wash him clean" - please note that drunks often vomit and filth.
Once, when a disciple was ill and no one took care of him, he "washed the sick disciple of all kinds of filth in his urine and defecation, and washed him clean; and he also made his bed clear, and then helped him to bed"—notice that there are "all kinds of filth in defecation" here. (Li Shutong: "Four Items That Young Buddhists Should Pay Attention to")
Master Hongyi himself was the same: from Wenzhou to Ningbo, staying in a hotel. When a friend asks, "Isn't that hotel very refreshing?" The mage said, "Very good!" There are not many bed bugs, only two or three." The mage's bunk was wrapped in a worn straw mat, and he took out a black and torn towel and went to the lake to wash his face--in Master Hongyi's view, there was nothing bad in the world, everything was fine. Small hotel good, shabby mat good, broken towel good, everything good, everything tastes good, everything is amazing. (Jin Mei: "The Intersection of Sorrow and Joy: The Biography of Master Hongyi")
Monks, Buddhist monks, clean land, and cleanliness as the key. That's all true.
The problem is that this kind of cleanliness should be embodied in the essence of the six roots of purity, the four great emptiness, the "equality of the world's law", and "pity for the old and the poor", as in accordance with the Buddhist law, rather than in appearances.
Looking at Shakyamuni and Master Hongyi's natural attitude towards "dirt" and their freewheeling actions show the true "cleanliness" of their hearts.
Looking back at the "outsiders" who were "sick since childhood, and bought many stand-ins that were not useful" (the eighteenth time), they were forced to "become monks" out of necessity. She attaches great importance to her "extremely pure and pure" "human design" and uses all kinds of artificial methods to maintain it.
However, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and it was all about creating appearances, but what he did (especially his attitude towards Grandma Liu) really went to the opposite of the Buddhist legal system. In front of the Buddha and the eleventh generation of the Nanshan Vinaya, the world is different and the original form is revealed.
Only when "human design" is linked to real and good reasons can it have healthy vitality. In the final analysis, the common fallacy of Jia Yu and Miao Yu is to polish their "people" separately from the originally good "things", and as a result, because they have left the essence of the "things" and put the cart before the horse, the "people" have instead fallen into glitz, appeared in a hurry, and showed obscurity.
The discussion of the plot of the Dream of the Red Chamber ends here.
However, reading is for reason, and reason is for the governor. Some things have meanings that transcend time and space. In our real life, there will also be such "sentimental" things, such "sentimental" people. If we just talk about things, I am afraid that we will fail to live up to Cao Gong's painstaking heart.
Don't underestimate the problem of "human design", its negative effect, not only can make the original good things lose their interest, but also more or less hurt others in practice, and the consequences may be more serious than Cao Gong's pen:
Science and technology are originally beneficial to mankind, but those who master scientific and technological means, once they are pretentious to the "human design" of their own holding of science and technology and omnipotent, they are lurking with the possibility of abusing achievements and undermining ethics;
Wealth is originally to maintain livelihood, but people with huge wealth, once they are pretentious to the "human design" that they have gold and silver in their hands and cannot do anything, they lurk the possibility of wanton behavior and breaking through the bottom line;
Art originally creates beauty, but the people who create works of art, once they are obsessed with their own outstanding and lively scenery of "human design", they lurk to give up art and indulge in their own possibilities;
Similarly, once people who observe works of art are detached from the authenticity of the depth of works of art, the "human design" of the people who are in the creation of works of art are bright and beautiful, and they are lurking with the possibility of leaving art and tending to the vulgar. (We admire Cao Gong and have never been inseparable from "Dream of the Red Chamber")
Man, from nature, eventually returns to nature. In the process of "walking through" life, use the gifts given to us by nature, do things that are full of true things, and completely melt yourself into it, without knowing it - to be precise, "not knowing it", in order to shine with nature, real and lasting style. The practice of being pretentious to "human design" is actually to separate yourself from the endless power, and no matter how painstakingly you manage, there will only be a short-term glory, and finally you can't hide the paleness of exhaustion.
Author: Wind and Rain Autumn Window, this article is to read less of the original works of the Red Chamber.