【Original】
The woodcutter asked the fisherman, "What is the heavens?"
"Yi Yidi."
"Where is the earth attached?"
"Attached to the heavens."
"But what is the heaven and earth attached to?"
A: "Self-dependence." Heaven depends on the shape, the earth attaches to the air. Its form also has an end, and its qi has no end. There is a phase of existence and non-existence, and the breath of form and qi. In the end, there is a beginning, and between the beginning, where does the heavens and the earth exist? Heaven is based on use and ends with the body; the earth is based on the body and ends with use. The use of in-and-out is God, and the name of the body is holy. Only God and Holiness can participate in heaven and earth. Villains are used daily and do not know, so it is harmful to life and death. He who has a husband's name is also a guest of reality; he who benefits is also the lord of harm. Fame is born of inadequacy, and there is more than enough to lose. The harm is born in the surplus, but the real is lost in the inadequacy. This is also true. The self-nourisher will benefit from it, and the greedy man will follow the profit of his body, so it is harmful to life. He who stands will be named, and the people will follow his name, so there is a real mourning. Stealing a man's wealth is called a thief, and his beginning is also taken, lest he not have much, and his defeat will also be revealed, lest he be too much. The husband and the bribe are one thing, and the two are also profitable and harmful. The beauty of stealing people is called the truth, and its beginning is also taken, lest it is not much. And its defeat, lest it be too much. Fame and destruction, one thing also, and two people, name and truth also. Whoever speaks is also the land of fame; the city, the land of profit. Although it moves nine times a day and ten times a commodity, why harm the life and death? It is the one who knows the contention, and the one who takes profit; the one who makes the other, the one who tends to the name. Profit is harmful, and fame is really mourning. Profit is to fame and prosperity, and harmless to the suffering of life and death, only the virtuous can do it. Heaven depends on the earth, the earth clings to the heavens, is it far away! ”
【Translation】
Question: "What does the heavens depend on?" ”
Answer: "Heaven depends on the earth." ”
Question: "What does the earth depend on?" ”
Answer: "The earth depends on the heavens. ”
Question: "What is the heaven and earth attached to?" ”
A: "Interdependence." The sky depends on the terrain, and the earth depends on the weather. Its terrain has edges and its weather is boundless. Existence and non-existence, form and qi. Heaven and earth exist between the beginning and the end. Heaven is dominated by its role and its form is secondary; earth is dominated by its form and its role is secondary. The manifestation of the action is called God, and the presence or absence of form is called holy. Only God and The Holy can comprehend the changes in heaven and earth. Ordinary people apply it every day without understanding it, so there are disasters that produce loss of benefits. Reputation is secondary, and interest is the main body that harms people. Reputation arises from dissatisfaction, and profit is lost from excess. Hazards arise from surplus, and actual losses arise from dissatisfaction. These are common sense. There must be material things to live in the world, so greedy people always look for benefits, so there is harm. If you want to get ahead, you have to be famous, so the world is competitive, so there is something to lose. Stealing people's property is called theft. When stealing, lest things be stolen less, and when they are exposed, they are afraid that things will be more guilty. Accepting bribes and taking bribes are both one kind of thing, but they are two names, because the benefits and harms are different. There is a fluke mentality when stealing items, too little when stealing, too much when caught. Although the rise and fall of reputation is one thing, there are two kinds of results, because of the difference between gain and loss, big organs and institutions, is a place of fame; the bazaar, is a place of gathering profits, can not be in the mentality of competing for fame and profit, although the official is promoted three levels a day, profits a hundred times, how can it hurt you? Therefore, the competition for fame is the beginning of the profit. Comity is the root of the name. When benefits come, harm arises, and fame is lost in kind. The arrival of interests is also known in the world, and there is no scourge that follows, and only those who are virtuous can achieve it. Heaven depends on the earth, the earth depends on the heavens, and the meaning is so profound! ”