The thief was the great thief of ancient times.
One day, the thief's men asked him, "Is there a way to steal?" The thief said, "Why not?" The thief who can guess in advance where the treasures in the house are is called holy. When stealing something, take the lead and call it Yong. After stealing, it is finally out and called righteousness. Judging whether the situation can be started is called wisdom. Dividing the stolen things fairly is called ren. If you can't have these five kinds of morality, and you want to become a great thief, there is no one in the world. ”
In this way, if a good person does not receive the way of the saints, he cannot be called a good person. villain
If you don't get the way of the saints, you can't call them bad people. But after all, there are few good people and many bad people in the world, so the saints will do more harm and less benefits to the world.
【Reviews】
(1) Zhuangzi lived in a chaotic world, bullying the weak and the widowed, and he saw too much. That's why I lamented that there were many bad people and few good people in the world at that time.
(2) Zhuangzi reminds the world that morality is often used by bad people as a talisman. If the bad guys don't pretend to be the morality of the saints, they may not become the big bad guys, the great thieves.
(3) Lao Tzu said, "The saints do not die, but the great thieves do not stop." That's what it means. Those who want to cultivate great wisdom must not be ignorant and must not be discerned.
This article is excerpted from: Zhuangzi: The Heavenly Sound of Philosophy (hardcover) Luo Longzhi, ed., Kyushu Publishing House
Introduction:
Zhuangzi's style is arrogant, half avoiding people, and half avoiding the world. He thought that being in the chaotic warring states, writing a book in Huangye Village and passing on the fire was more interesting than drawing a sword and going wild. His arrogance has its cultural thickness, and his ideas prove that man's "every inch of mystery" cannot be robbed. Zhuangzi's philosophy is a philosophy of freedom. This book is selected from the most story-telling parts of the original "Zhuangzi" and rewritten, reproducing the essence of Zhuangzi's philosophy.