<h1>"Zhuangzi": Xu Wujie visited Wei Wuhou twice and discussed the selfless nature of mind, which is also the truth of inaction. </h1>
In "Zhuangzi", there is such a chapter, called "Xu Wu Ghost", which is a long passage in Zhuangzi, through which the story advocates a kind of inaction.
In this chapter, the experience of real life and zhuangzi's perception of life are vividly displayed in it.
Xu Wuji is the name of the person who opens the chapter, and the name of the person is used as the name of the chapter. In the article of this chapter, there is a discussion about Xu Wujie's two visits to Wei Wuhou. Through the dialogue with Wei Wuhou, it expounded a kind of principle of removing likes and dislikes and upholding the rule of inaction.
In the world, because many people have an obsession with material desires, when immersed in material trivialities, there is less of a clear mind. And the truth that Xu Wujie said is to remind us to know how to properly balance the inner nature of the mind.
<h1>Xu Wujie visited Wei Wuhou and told him about the wisdom of selflessness</h1>
One day Xu Wuji went to see Wei Wuhou through the introduction of a female businessman, and Wei Wuhou said to him: "Sir, have you suffered too hard in the mountains, so you are willing to come to see me." ”
Xu Wujie said: "I have come to comfort you, you always pursue the satisfaction of hobbies and desires, strengthen your own value judgment, then the essence of life will be harmed." You must learn to reduce material pleasures and abandon value judgments, otherwise your body and mind will be very tired, I have come to comfort you, what do you have to comfort me? ”
Wei Wuhou listened, nodded thoughtfully, and did not speak.
Xu Wujie added, "I once told you that my dog matching technique, a dog of inferior talent, is satisfied as long as it gets food, which is the virtue of a fox." Medium dog, eyes can see high hopes far. A superior dog can see the form as non-existent.
My matching dog technique is not as good as my equestrianism, when I observe others training horses, walking straight lines should be consistent with ink lines, detours should be consistent with hook teeth, walking squares should be consistent with rulers, and walking circles should be consistent with compasses, which is the best horse.
But can not catch up with the best horses in the world, the world's good horses have natural talents and uses, walking as if fearless, as if there is some loss, such a horse, running like the wind, in the blink of an eye will not know where to go. ”
After Wei Wuhou listened, he smiled happily.
After Xu Wujie and Wei Wuhou met, when they walked out, the businesswoman asked him: "Sir, what method did you use to make Wei Wuhou so happy, I introduced the Four Books to Wei Wuhou, and there are countless other people who have made great contributions to the monarch, but Wei Wuhou has not been so happy, what method did you use to please the monarch?" ”
Xu Wujie said, "I just told him about Xiang Dog and Soma's XiangShu." ”
What is mentioned here is one of the fragments of Xu Wujie and Wei Wuhou meeting and chatting, Wei Wuhou just wanted to comfort Xu Wugui, and Xu Wujie in turn said some principles to Wei Wuhou.
In fact, Xu Wujie's words about reducing the pleasures of life and abandoning value judgments are exactly the principles of rule by doing nothing and conforming to nature advocated in Taoist thought.
The Tao Te Ching says: It is the saint who is not the eye, so he takes this from the other.
Abandoning the temptation of materialism and flashy vanity, and maintaining a simple and satisfying life, this is a thing we should pursue.
If you blindly satisfy your own heart through the acquisition of external objects, your own heart will be more empty and lonely.
Such a life is a drag, when you can't resist the external material desires, you will satisfy your own desires without limit, such a life is worthless and meaningless.
And Xu Wujie said, "Give up your own value judgment, otherwise your body and mind will be tired," after these words were said, it made Wei Wuhou feel particularly happy, that is, because he ignited Wei Wuhou and made Wei Wuhou have a sudden and enlightened epiphany.
Sometimes life is like this, and what most people are obsessed with is some foreign objects of their own life. If you can get some enlightenment and listen to some wisdom through different angles, then such a life will have many fewer detours and drags.
<h1>Xu Wujie and Wei Wuhou discussed the truth of life and mind</h1>
Xu Wuji went to see Wei Wuhou again for the second time, and Wei Wuhou said, "You live in the deep mountains and old forests, eat chaff vegetables, and have been away from widows for a long time, and now that you are old, do you still want to taste the taste of wine and meat?" Can I still enjoy the blessings of a rich country and a strong people? ”
Xu Wujie said, "Born in poverty, I did not pray for the official lu of the monarch, I came to comfort you." ”
Wei Wuhou said, "Why are you here to comfort me again?" ”
Xu Wujie said: "Comfort your spirit and body, between heaven and earth, the nourishment of all things in the world is equal, in a high place, and you must not have a superior state." At the bottom, you can't think of yourself as a dwarf.
As the monarch of a great power, you let the common people suffer to satisfy your own pleasures, and you are restless, and your heart likes peace and hates selfishness. Selfishness is a problem, so I'm here to comfort you. ”
Wei Wuhou said, "I have wanted to see you for a long time, and I intend to sympathize with the people and stop the war for the sake of morality." ”
Xu Wujie said, "No, sympathizing with the people is also harming the people, and if you use morality to manage the people, you will not succeed." Establishing the only good reputation of loving the people is also a tool for evil, and you are already giving charity, but it is similar to hypocrisy, because all forms of benevolence are forms of hypocrisy.
With achievements you will be proud, with debate you will go to war, at that time you will be unlimited satisfaction with your own selfishness and mentality, such a war is not good. Where is the so-called victory manifested, you might as well stop the war, cultivate your inner disposition, conform to the heavens and the earth without interfering with him, where do you need to deliberately stop? ”
In the second meeting between Xu Wuji and Wei Wuhou, the emphasis was on the freedom of the mind as happiness, but the worldly heart was the biggest shackle of the heart.
The worldly always produces a lot of desires, which makes us produce a tangible hypocrisy about the outside world. And what the Taoists call the emphasis on mental freedom is a fundamental truth that we should cultivate ourselves.
In Taoist thought, it is proposed that "it is to govern with the right way of doing nothing as pure, to use soldiers in strange and strange ways, and not to disturb the people to win the trust of the world," which is also the wisdom of management, that is, to be quiet and do nothing.
Not participating in subjective consciousness, not to flaunt yourself with the appearance of benevolence, not to deliberately constrain, with this attitude to manage is the best wisdom.
<h1>A subjective life is bound to fail</h1>
In fact, for our lives, there is the same truth, when we govern our own lives, because we need to have a kind of inaction, we do not participate in the interference of subjective consciousness in things.
Everything in the world has a unique way of existence, and it cannot be artificially imposed to interfere, if the subjective consciousness imposes interference, it is contrary to the law of things, and it will inevitably be punished. And when you do this, you will certainly not succeed, for dealing with people, it is such a wisdom.
As the saying goes, there are thousands of faces, and everyone has a different personality and has its own good.
There are some people who like to be mavericks, and some people like to be easy-going and lively. There are many sentient beings, and the personalities of individuals are different, so when we deal with people, how can we impose on others to interfere with others and make others submit to ourselves.
In Taoist thought, the principle of going with the flow is repeatedly emphasized, that is, let us develop according to different characteristics and states, so as to ensure the stability of people's hearts.
Therefore, when doing things, remove the extreme state of mind and remove the promising mentality, just like Xu Wuji said, "Wei Wuhou is strengthening his own value judgment, then the essence of life will be affected."
Therefore, the mind of inaction is to maintain a normal mind, and in such a process, let the heart gradually get closer, the inner delusion gradually decreases, and finally achieves a kind of inaction. This is not a kind of passive idleness, but not acting arbitrarily, doing what is reasonable, in accordance with the laws of nature, that is, doing nothing and doing nothing.
On the surface, inaction is a negative regression, but in fact, inaction is the real wisdom. It can avoid many contradictions, and it can avoid many opportunities to be affected by disasters, so that its life is unimpeded, so as to achieve a state of doing nothing.