A snail's ๐ story defused a war?! Whether or not anyone has seen it, I think it is very interesting, may the world be peaceful.
During the Warring States period, when the Wei state became the strongest state through Li Wei's transformation, King Hui of Wei planned to wage war against the state of Qi, and Zhuangzi's friend invited a hermit named Dai Jin to persuade the Wei king to stop the army.
Dai Jinren asked, "Does the king know about snails ๐?" โ
King Wei replied: "Of course I know." โ
Dai said: "There is such a snail ๐ with two antennae, there is a country on the left horn, called the tentacle, and on the right horn there is also a country called the barbarian, because the tentacles and the barbarians fight for territory, they often fight each other, and the corpses are all over the field..."
Wei smiled and said, "This is all nonsense. โ
Dai said: "Is there an end to the four sides? โ
Wei replied: "There is no end. โ
Dai asked again: "After the human heart has traveled through the endless universe, and then returned to the human world, can it be said that the human world is so small that it seems to be nothing?"
Wei replied: "Yes. โ
Dai: "The human world is so small that it is dispensable, then the Wei kingdom belongs to a small part of the human world, the national capital is a small part of the Wei state, and the great king is a very small body in the country, then, compared to the endless universe, what is the difference between you and the barbarian monarch on the snail's ๐ tentacles?" โ
Wei: "It really doesn't seem to make a difference. โ
In the end, King Wei realized the insignificance of the country and people, and felt the boredom of starting a war to seize it, and snatching it was just the size of a snail's tentacles, which was indeed boring.
Share another poem by Bai Juyi:
What's the snail horn fighting? Sent this body in the light of the stone fire.
Follow the rich with the poor and rejoice, and not laughing is foolish.
Life is short, just like the emperors of historical countries fighting for each other, the so-called you sing and I appear, all exist between the whiskers, it is better to enjoy the good life of the moment!
