The Yellow Emperor was the fifteenth year of the throne of the Son of Heaven, and he was very happy because the people of the world supported him, so he took care of his body, entertained his ears and eyes with singing and dancing, and made his nose and mouth warm and satisfied, but his skin was scorched, his face was mildew, his mind was dizzy, and his mind was in a trance.
After another fifteen years, because he was worried that the world would not be governed, he tried all his energy to improve his wisdom and physical strength to govern the people, but his skin was also scorched, his face was mildew, his mind was dizzy, and his mind was in a trance.
The Yellow Emperor sighed: "My mistake is really too deep. This is true of the problems of self-care, and the same is true of the problems of governing all things. ”
So he put down his complicated daily affairs, left the palace dormitory, canceled the guards on duty, removed the bell pan musical instruments, cut down the cook's meals, withdrew from the large courtyard that he had come to live in peace outside the palace, cleared his distracting thoughts, surrendered his physical desires, and did not ask about political affairs for three months.
One day, he dreamed while sleeping during the day and traveled to the country of the Huaxu clan. The country of Huaxu is in the west of Yizhou and the north of Taizhou, which is tens of millions of miles away from China, and it is not accessible by boat, car or walk, but just a spiritual journey. There are no teachers and officials in that country, and everything is just natural.
The people there have no hobbies or desires, and everything just goes with the flow.
They do not understand that it is pleasure to live, nor do they know that death is an abomination, so there is no one who dies at an early age; They don't know how to love themselves, and they don't know how to alienate themselves from external objects, so there are no lovely and hateful things; They do not know how to oppose and rebel, nor do they know how to approve and obey, so there is nothing beneficial or harmful.
There is nothing to be favored and borrowed, and there is nothing to be feared and taboo. They will not drown in the water, nor burn in the fire. There was no pain in slashing and whipping, and there was no itching in fingernail scratching. Riding the clouds into the sky is like being down-to-earth, and sleeping on a wooden bed is like sleeping on a wooden bed.
Clouds and mist cannot interfere with their vision, thunder cannot disturb their hearing, beauty and ugliness cannot interfere with their mood, valleys cannot hinder their steps, everything runs on the spirit. When the Yellow Emperor woke up, he felt very happy and satisfied, so he called the ministers Tianlao, Li Mu, and Taishan Ji and told them: "I have lived at home for three months, cleared my mind of distractions, surrendered to the desires of the body, and concentrated on thinking about ways to maintain my body and mind and to treat external things, but I still have not found this method. Later I went to sleep because I was tired and had one such dream. Now I understand that the highest 'Tao' cannot be pursued with subjective desires. I get it, I get it, but I can't put it into words. "After another twenty-eight years, the world was ruled almost the same as the country of Huaxu, but the Yellow Emperor ascended to heaven, and the people wept in grief, and it has not been interrupted for more than 200 years.
Liegu shoots the mountain in the middle of the Haihe River, and on the mountain lives the man of God, who breathes the air, drinks the dew, and does not eat grains; The soul is like the spring water of the deep mountains, and the shape is like the girl in the boudoir; No partiality or selfish love, immortals and saints are his ministers; He who is not dignified or angry, but who is honest and faithful, does things for him; No charity, no favor, everything in the outside world is satisfied by itself; Don't accumulate or collect, and your own supplies are not lacking at all. Yin and yang are always harmonized, the sun and moon are always bright, spring, summer, autumn and winter are orderly every year, the wind, frost, rain and snow seasons are appropriate, the breeding and growth are in season, and the grains and grains are full of years; And the land is not harmed, the people will not die, all things will not be disabled, and the ghosts will not make waves.
Liezi worshiped Lao Shang as his teacher, took Bo Gaozi as his friend, learned all the skills of the two, and then returned with the wind.
When Yin Sheng heard about it, he came to study with Liezi, and lived with Liezi, and several doors went back to visit his family.
He took advantage of Liezi's leisure time to ask to learn his spells, and went back and forth ten times, but Liezi didn't tell him ten times.
Yin Sheng was a little angry and asked to leave, but Liezi didn't say anything.
Yin Sheng went home. A few months later, Yin Shengxin did not die, and went to study with Liezi again.
Liezi asked, "Why do you come and go so often?"
Yin Sheng said: "I asked you for advice before, but you didn't tell me, and I originally resented you. Now I don't hate you again, so here we go again. ”
Liezi said, "I used to think you were sensible, but now your ignorance has reached such a level? Sit down! I intend to tell you what I have learned from the teacher."
Since I worshipped Lao Shang as my teacher and Bo Gaozi as my friend, within three years, I didn't dare to care about right and wrong in my heart, and I didn't dare to talk about the benefits and harms on my lips, and then I got the teacher to look at me with slanted eyes.
Within two years, I was more concerned about right and wrong in my heart (than before I learned the Tao), and talked more about the benefits and harms, and then the teacher began to relax and smile at me.
In two years, I followed my heart and thought that there was nothing right or wrong; Obey the tongue to talk about it, but feel that there is no benefit or harm; The teacher told me to sit with him on a mat.
In two years, I indulged my mind and tongue to talk, but I did not know what was right or wrong in my mind and what I was talking about, nor did I know what was right or wrong in others. And I don't know that Lao Shang is my teacher, and Bo Gaozi is my friend; At this time, everything inside and outside the body was completely forgotten.
From now on, the eyes are like the ears, the ears are like the nose, and the nose is like the mouth, there is no difference. The mind is condensed, the body disappears, and the flesh and bones are all melted; I don't feel what my body is leaning on, what my feet are stepping on, and I float in all directions with the wind, like leaves and dry shells. I don't know if it's the wind that controls me, or if I control the wind! Now that you are under the teacher's door, you have been resentful several times in less than an hour. Nor will a single piece of your body be accepted by the vital energy, nor will one of your limbs be contained by the earth. How can you step on the void and control the wind and clouds?" Yin Sheng was very ashamed, and he didn't dare to speak out loud for a long time, and he didn't dare to say anything more.
Liezi asked Guan Yin and said, "The person with the highest Taoist skill will not suffocate when he swims in deep water, he will not feel hot when he stands in the fire, and he will not tremble when he walks in the highest place." Why are they like this?"
"This is the result of the accumulation of innocence, not the ability of cleverness, skill and boldness," Guan said. Sit down! I'll tell you. Everything that has a look, shape, sound, and color is a thing.
Why are things so different from each other, and what makes some things a head above others? It's just the appearance and the sound.
And those advanced things can reach the level of no sound, color, and form, so as to achieve the level of no change, and at this level, if you want to investigate thoroughly, how can you get a completely correct understanding?
This object will manifest itself in its usual state, hidden in a cycle without a head or tail, moving in the constant flow of everything.
Perfect your nature, cultivate your qi, hide your virtues, and connect with the highest things. If this is the case, the innocence of your natural innocence will be accumulated, and there will be no void in your spirit, so how can a foreign object invade the well and affect you? A drunken person falls from a car, and although he is injured, he does not die.
The bones are the same as others, but the damage is less than others, because of his mental integrity. He was unconscious when he was in a car, he was unconscious when he fell, and the ideas of death, survival, fear, and fear could not invade his heart, so he was not afraid of anything. How much more could he have accumulated the innocence of his innocence because he was drunk, and the saint hid himself in the innocence of his innocence, so that nothing outside could harm him. ”
Lie Yukou performed archery for Bodu, no one performed. He drew the bowstring, put the cup full of water on the elbow of the hand that held the bow, and shot arrows, one arrow after another, the first one just shot, and the second one full. At this time, he was fully engrossed, motionless like a puppet. No one said, "You are shooting arrows with a heart, not with an unintentional arrow."
If I climbed a mountain with you, walked on a rocky rock, and faced an abyss, would you still be able to shoot?" So he led him up to the high mountains, and walked on the rocks that were shaking. When he was close to the abyss, he retreated with his back to the abyss, and his feet were already two-thirds in the air, before he gave up his hand and asked the Imperial Kou to come up.
Lie Yukou was already so frightened that he fell to the ground, sweat running down his heels. Bo Du no one said: "The person with the highest Taoist skills, you can see the blue sky from above, and you can dive into the Yellow Spring from below, he travels in all directions, and his spirit and true qi will not change, and now your whole body is trembling, and your heart is very afraid, and your psychology is too bad!"
There is a man named Zihua in the Fan family, who likes to raise chivalrous guests privately, and people all over the country admire him.
He was very favored by the monarch of the Jin Kingdom, although he did not have an official position, his status was above the three ministers.
Whoever is favored by him will be given a title by the king; Whoever he says badly, the king will depose.
There were as many people in his chamber as there were in court. Zihua told the wise and the foolish among his knights to attack each other, and the strong and the weak to insult each other, although the wounded and bleeding people lay in front of him, he didn't care.
It has become a national custom to play this game all day and all night. He Sheng and Zi Bo are the noble knights of the Fan family, who went out to play, passed through the remote countryside, and lived in the home of Qiu Kai, an old farmer.
In the middle of the night, He Sheng and Yu Bo talked about Zihua's reputation and power, which can make the living die and the damned live; The rich are poor, and the poor are rich. Shang Qiu Kai had been plagued by hunger and cold, so he quietly hid under the north window to eavesdrop on their conversation. Then he borrowed grain, picked up a dustpan and went to Zihua's door.
Zihua's disciples are all from a big family, wearing silk and satin, riding in a high car, taking square steps, and only looking at the sky. They saw that Shang Qiu Kai was old and frail, his face was dark, and his clothes were untidy, and they did not underestimate him. Then he teased, insulted, deceived him, pushed, wrestled and beaten, and did everything, but Shang Qiu Kai did not look unhappy at all.
The knights were exhausted, and they were very tired of teasing and laughing. So he climbed the high platform with Shang Qiukai, and someone in the crowd said casually: "Anyone who can jump off the platform will be rewarded with a hundred gold." ”
Everyone is scrambling to respond. Shang Qiu believed that it was true, so he first jumped off the platform, shaped like a bird, and fluttered to the ground, without damage to his skin and bones. The disciples of the Fan family thought that it was an accidental success, so they did not find it too strange.
Then he pointed to the deep waters of the bend and said, "There is a jewel in the water, and you can touch it if you swim down." ”
Shang Qiu Kai jumped into the water again. After swimming out of the water, he got the orb. Everyone began to feel strange at this time, so Zihua asked him to join the ranks of eating meat and wearing silk. Not long after, a fire broke out in the Fan family's warehouse. Zihua said, "If any of you can go into the fire and take out the silk, I will reward you according to the amount you take." ”
Shang Qiu Kai got into the fire without difficulty, coming and going several times, but the smoke and dust did not stain his face, and his body was not scorched. The disciples of the Fan family thought that he had some Taoist skills, so they apologized to him together and said, "We didn't know that you had Taoist skills and deceived you, and we didn't know that you were a god and insulted you.
You can see us as stupid, you can see us as deaf, you can see us as blind. We boldly ask you for advice. ”
Shang Qiu Kai said: "I don't have any Taoist skills. Even in my heart, I don't know what's going on. Still, I have a feeling in my heart that I would like to tell you about it. In the past, two of you had lived in my house, and I heard them praise the power of the Fan clan for their ability to make the living die and the damned live; The rich are poor, and the poor are rich.
I sincerely believe that there is not a single doubt in the slightest, so I am not afraid to come from a long distance. When I came, I thought that your words were true and reliable, so I was afraid that my sincerity was not enough, and that I would not act quickly, and that I did not know where my form had been, nor what was at stake, but I was only single-minded. Nothing outside can change my sincerity, that's all.
Today I realized that you were deceiving me, so I hid my guesses and doubts in my heart, and I had to pay attention to what I saw and heard outside, thinking back to the past when I was lucky not to be scorched or drowned, and now I am so scared that my heart is feverish, and my whole body trembles with fear. How can you get any closer to fire and water?" From then on, when Fan's disciples met poor people such as beggars and horse doctors on the road, they did not dare to insult them, and they must get out of the car to salute. Zai I heard about it and told Confucius.
Confucius said, "Don't you know? Those who can move the heavens and the earth, the ghosts and gods, and run rampant all over the world without disobeying are not only in danger and in and out of fire and water! Shang Qiu Kai believes in lies and is not hindered, not to mention that you and I are sincere! You must keep in mind!
During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, the official in charge of raising birds and beasts had a servant Liang Duck, who could raise wild birds and beasts and feed them in the garden, even if it was a tiger hungry wolf, a large eagle osprey, etc., there was no one who was not trained to be submissive.
Male and female birds and beasts mate and reproduce, and the breeding birds and beasts are in groups; Different kinds of beasts live together, and they do not fight and hurt each other. King Xuan of Zhou was worried that his technique would not be passed on, so he ordered Mao Qiuyuan to learn from him.
Liang Yang said to Mao Qiuyuan: "I am just a lowly servant, what skills do I have to tell you?" But I am afraid that the king will say that I am hiding it from you, so I will talk to you about the method of raising tigers."
It is probably the nature of a fleshed animal to rejoice in it and to be angry in its disobedience. But are pleasures and anger vented casually?
Feed a tiger with a live animal, for fear that it will get angry when it kills a living animal; You can't feed it whole for fear that it will get angry when it tears it apart.
You need to know when it's hungry and when it's full, and find out why it's angry. The tiger and the human are not the same kind, the tiger pleases the person who feeds it because the person who feeds it follows it; Then it hurts people because it is against it. How dare I turn against it and make it angry? and certainly not with it to make it happy. After being happy, it must be anger, and after anger, it is often happiness, which is not a moderate attitude. Now that my heart is neither disobedient nor obedient, then the birds and beasts have treated me as they have treated their kind. Therefore the beasts that play in my garden do not miss the tall woods and the open waters; The beasts that sleep in my court do not yearn for the mountains and valleys, which are determined by the laws of things.
Yan asked Confucius back: "I once crossed an abyss as steep as a wine jug by boat, and the boatman of the ferry was very wonderful.
I asked him, 'Can you learn to be in charge of a ship?' He said, 'Yes.' Those who can swim can be taught, and those who are good at swimming don't need to learn to do it themselves. As for those who can dive in deep water, even if they have never seen a boat, they can take up the helm of the boat. I asked him why, but he wouldn't tell me. How do you say that?"
Confucius said, "Alas, I have been discussing this matter with you in books for a long time, but I have not understood its actual content, let alone the art of Taoism? A good swimmer doesn't need to learn to do it himself, because he forgets that it's water. As for those who can dive in deep water, even if they have never seen a boat, they can take up the steer and steer it, because he sees the abyss as a hill and the capsized boat as a car retreating from the hillside.
Thousands of things like capsizing the boat and returning the car were placed before him, and he was not at ease, so what could he not do freely? The man who threw with tiles was very skillful, but he was a little afraid when he threw with a silver hook, and he became drowsy when he threw with gold. The skills are the same, and the reason for the care is that they value things outside the body. Anyone who values things outside the body must have a very poor quality in his heart. ”
Confucius visited Luliang Mountain, and saw that the waterfall was dozens of zhang high, and the foam of the flowing water splashed out for thirty miles, and the turtles, fish, and turtles could not swim, but he saw a man swimming there, thinking that he was a person who wanted to commit suicide because of pain, so he asked his disciples to follow the current to save him. Who knew that this man swam a few hundred steps and came out again, wearing his hair and singing, strolling under the pond ridge.
Confucius rushed up and asked him: "Luliang Waterfall is dozens of zhang high, the foam of the flowing water splashes out for thirty miles, and the turtles, turtles, fish and turtles can't swim, just now I saw you swimming in the water, thinking that there was a person who was in pain and wanted to commit suicide, so I asked my disciple to go along the water to save you."
You came out with your hair draped and singing as you walked, and I thought you were a ghost. But look closely at you, it's still human. Do you have any skills in swimming?" The man said, "No, I don't have any Taoism. I started with the flow of the water here, followed the natural ups and downs of the water, and before I knew it, I succeeded. Entering the center of the current with the whirlpool, surfacing with the gushing water, following the direction of the flow of the water without looking out for the other way, this is how I swim. ”
Confucius asked, "What does it mean to start from the conditions here, grow up with the nature of water, and succeed unconsciously?" The man said, "I was born in the mountains and lived in the mountains with peace of mind, and this is how the conditions here begin; Growing up near the water, you can live by the water with peace of mind, which is to grow up with the nature of the water; I don't know why I succeeded but I succeeded, this is unwitting success. ”
Confucius went to the state of Chu, passed by a forest, and saw a hunchbacked old man sticking cicadas, as easy as picking up things. Confucius asked, "What a coincidence, do you have Taoism?" The man replied, "I have Taoism."
After five or six months of training, I stacked two mud balls on the bamboo pole without falling off, and the number of times the sticky cicadas missed was very small; stacks of three without falling, and the sticky cicadas miss only one in ten times; Stacking five without falling off, sticky cicadas are like picking up something. I stood on the ground like a broken stump; I stretched out my arms like withered branches. Although the heavens and the earth are very large, and there are many things, I only know the wings of the cicada. I don't need anything to distract me from the cicada's wings, so why can't I stick to it?" Confucius turned back to his disciples and said, "If the mind is single-minded and not scattered, you will reach the state of wonder." I'm talking about this hunchbacked old man!" The old man said, "How can you, a Confucian man in a robe and coat, think of asking about this? ”
There is a man who likes gulls and birds, and every morning he goes to the sea to play with the gulls, and there are more than 100 gulls. His father said, "I've heard that gulls love to play with you, so catch one and I'll play with it." The next day he came to sea, and the gulls and birds flew in the air without coming down. So, "The best language is no language, and the highest action is no action." The idea of testing one's wisdom with others is very shallow.
Zhao Xiangzi led 100,000 servants to hunt in Zhongshan, trampled weeds, burned down the woods, and burned hundreds of miles away. A man came out of the stone wall and followed the fireworks up and down, and everyone thought it was a ghost.
After the fire passed, he slowly walked out as if he had never experienced anything.
Zhao Xiangzi felt strange and kept him. Slowly observing him, seeing that his appearance, complexion, and seven orifices were human, and his breath and voice were also human, he asked him, "What kind of Taoist technique enables you to live in the stone wall?"
What Dao technique allows you to enter the flames?" The man said, "What is a stone wall, and what is a flame?" Zhao Xiangzi said: "The place you came out just now is the stone wall, and the thing you stepped on just now is the flame." The man said, "I don't know." When Wei Wenhou heard about it, he asked Zixia, "What kind of person is that?"
Zixia said: "According to what I heard from Confucius, the person who is neutralized is mixed with all things, so that all things cannot hurt or hinder him, and it is okay to play in the gold and stones, and walk in the fire and water." ”
Wei Wenhou asked again, "Why don't you do this?" Zixia said: "I can't do it by digging out my heart and lungs and abandoning my thoughts." Even so, it's possible. Wen Hou said, "Why didn't Confucius do this?" Zixia said: "He can do it as an old man, but he is not willing to do it. Wen Hou was very happy.
There is a magical sorcerer who came to live in Zheng from the country of Qi, his name is Ji Xian, who knows the life and death of people, the blessings and misfortunes, and the predictions of the year, month, ten, and day are as accurate as a god. When Zheng Guoren saw him, they all avoided him and walked away.
When Liezi saw him, he was fascinated by it, and came back to tell Huqiuzi about it, saying, "Originally, I thought that your Dao skills were the highest, but now there are people who are higher than you. ”
The pot said, "I have discussed these things with you in books, but we have not understood the actual content of them, let alone understand the Taoism? How can you give birth to eggs when there are only many female animals and no male animals?
Try to bring him in and show him my face. The next day, Liezi brought Ji Xian to see the pot. After Ji Xian went out, he said to Liezi: "Alas, your teacher is about to die, and he can't live, and he won't be able to live for ten days. I saw that he was strangely shaped, and his face was like wet ash. When Liezi came in, he cried so much that his clothes were wet, and told Juzi what he said.
The pot said, "What I showed him just now was the appearance of the earth, which was still and not still, so he saw that I was full of life. Invite him again!" The next day, Ji Xian came with Liezi to see the pot.
After going out, he said to Liezi, "Your teacher is so lucky to have met me! His whole body was full of life, and I saw that his blocked vitality was sprouting. Liezi came in and told the pot this.
The pot said: "What I showed him just now is the handover of heaven and earth, and the false name and real fortune are not in the heart, but the vitality has been activated in the heels, which is the germination of the occlusion vitality." So he saw my vitality getting better.
Invite him again!" The next day, Ji Xian came with Liezi to see the pot. After going out, he said to Liezi: "Your teacher is sitting there in a trance, I can't show him his face, and when he settles down, I will show him again." ”
Liezi came in and told the pot. The pot said, "What I showed him just now was a sign of too nothingness, so he saw the vitality of my chaotic balance. The place where the whale circles becomes the abyss, the place where the water stagnates becomes the abyss, the place where the water moves becomes the abyss, the place where the water gushes out becomes the abyss, the place where the water falls steeply becomes the abyss, the place where the water breaks becomes the abyss, the place where the water flows back becomes the abyss, the place where the water flows into the river becomes the abyss, and the place where the water meets becomes the abyss.
Invite him again!" The next day, Liezi brought Ji Xian to see the pot again. Before he could stand still, Ji Xian fled in a panic. The pot said, "Catch up with him!" Liezi couldn't catch up, so he came back to report the pot, saying, "It's gone, it's gone, I can't catch up with him." ”
The pot said, "What I showed him just now did not leave my true self. I didn't cling to it, and as he changed, he couldn't figure out what was going on with me. So I followed him upside down like grass, and flowed with him like water, so he fled. Only then did Liezi realize that he had not yet learned anything, so he returned home, did not go out for three years, cooked for his wife, fed the pigs as if he were a servant, had no preference for anything, returned to the original without carving, was as independent and undisturbed as a clod of earth, and was united in the midst of all the trivialities, and so on for the rest of his life.
Liezi went to the country of Qi, and returned halfway back, and met the Bo Duren.
The dumb man asked, "Why did you come back again?" "I was shocked. "Why the shock?" I ate in a town with ten hotels, and as soon as I got there, five hotels gave me food and drinks. ”
He asked, "Why are you shocked?" Liezi said: "When the lust of the heart is not dissolved, the form and action will be glorious, and this appearance will calm the heart, and make it easy for people to respect themselves as old men, which may bring disaster." The hotel owner specially prepared some food and drink, in order to get excess profits, their profits were very small, and their power was very small, and they still treated me like this. Moreover, the monarch who has ten thousand military chariots, whose body is exhausted in the country, and whose intelligence is exhausted in political affairs, will certainly appoint me to do things, and hope that I will be effective. So I was shocked. ”
He said, "What a wonderful opinion you have! If you are so strict with yourself, people will surely follow you." It didn't take long for Bo Duru to go to Liezi's house, and the shoes outside the door were already full.
The dumb man stood facing north, his chin supported by his cane. After standing for a while, he left without speaking.
The person who received the guests told Liezi. Liezi rushed out barefoot with his shoes in his hand, chased him to the gate, and asked, "Since the gentleman is here, don't you say a few words that inspire and enlighten me?" He said, "Forget it, I told you that people will be attached to you, and indeed they will be attached to you." It's not that you have the ability to make others subordinate to you, it's that you don't have the ability to make others unattached to you. Where do you need to move others with your words and deeds? You should know in advance that the result of moving others with your words and deeds will make you unique. And if your heart moves, it will inevitably shake your nature, which is even more meaningless. No one will tell you who associate with you. The gossip they say is poisonous to people. If you don't help others to become enlightened, how can you be called a good friend?"
Yang Zhu went south to Peidi, and Lao Dan traveled west to Qindi.
Yang Zhu copied the path in the suburbs and met Lao Tzu in Liangdi. Lao Tzu looked up to the sky halfway and sighed: "At first I thought you could be taught, but now it seems that you cannot be taught. ”
Yang Zhu didn't say anything. When he arrived at the hostel, Yang Zhu gave Lao Tzu a wash of his face, tender saliva, a towel and a comb, took off his shoes outside the door, knelt down in front of Lao Tzu, and said, "Just now your old man looked up to the sky and sighed: 'At first I thought you could be taught, but now it seems that you cannot be taught. The student wants to ask you why, but you are not available on the way, so you dare not ask. Now that you're free, may I ask what I'm doing wrong. ”
Lao Tzu said, "You are arrogant, who wants to get along with you? The whitest thing seems to be very dark, and the most moral person seems to be inadequate." Yang Zhu immediately became very respectful and said, "Listen to the teachings." Yang Zhu went to Peidi, and when he walked to the hostel, the host greeted him very politely into the room, the boss arranged a seat, the proprietress brought a towel and a comb, the guests of the hostel gave up their seats, and the person who was roasting the fire in front of the stove gave way to the stove door. When he returned from Peidi, the guests of the inn were no longer inhibited and were competing with him for a seat.
Yang Zhu passed through the country and went east to the hostel. The innkeeper had two little wives, one of whom was beautiful and the other ugly, and the ugly one was honored and the beautiful was left out in the cold. Yang Zi asked what the reason was. The man at the inn replied, "I don't think she is beautiful in that beautiful way; The ugly thinks she's ugly, I don't think she's ugly. Yang Zi said, "Disciples, remember! If you are kind and can get rid of the desire to show off yourself, where will you not be liked by others?"
There are ways to win often, and there are ways to win often.
The method of winning often is called weakness, and the method of often not winning is called strength.
It's easy to understand, but people don't. Therefore, the ancient saying: strong can defeat those who are not as strong as themselves, and weakness can defeat those whose strength is greater than themselves. You can defeat someone who is inferior to yourself, but once you meet someone with the same strength as yourself, it will be dangerous. If you can overcome the power that surpasses your own, there is no danger.
Overcoming a person with weakness is like doing nothing; To rule the world with weakness will be as if nothing has been done. This is called not wanting to win and naturally winning, not wanting to rule but naturally dominating.
The beard said, "If you want to be hard, you must stick to softness; To be strong, you must remain weak. If there is more softness, it must be hard, and if weakness accumulates more, it must be strong. Look at what he has accumulated, and you can know the direction of his development of misfortune and blessing. Strong can defeat those who are not as strong as themselves, and once they meet someone whose strength is equal to their own, they will be frustrated; The weak can overcome those who are stronger than themselves, and his strength is immeasurable. ”
Lao Dan said: "A strong army will be wiped out, and a strong tree will be broken." The weak belong to the category of survival, and the strong belong to the category of death. ”
The shape is not necessarily the same and the wisdom is the same, and the wisdom is not necessarily the same and the shape is the same. The saints chose the same wisdom and not the same shape. The average person chooses the same shape and not the same wisdom.
He who is the same shape as himself is close to it and loves it; Those who have a different shape from themselves are alienated and afraid of it. A person with a seven-foot-long body, different hands and feet, hair on his head, teeth in his mouth, and the ability to stand and walk briskly is called a man, and man does not necessarily have the heart of a beast. Even if you have the heart of a beast, you will be close to others in the form of a human.
With wings on their bodies, horns on their heads, bared teeth, open claws, flying with their heads raised, and running with their heads down, they are called beasts, and beasts may not be without human hearts. Even if there is a human heart, it is alienated in the form of a beast. The Hu Xi clan, the Nu Snail clan, the Shennong clan, the Xia Hou clan, or the snake body and human face, or the bull head and tiger nose, they have the shape of not a human being, but the morality of a great sage.
King Xia, King Yin, King Lu Huan, and King Chu Mu, their shape and appearance are the same as those of people, but they have the heart of beasts, and people insist that they have the same shape as humans and hope that they have high wisdom, which cannot be done.
When the Yellow Emperor fought against Emperor Yan in the suburbs of Hanquan, he commanded bears, wolves, leopards, drives, and tigers as the forerunners, and eagles, cranes, eagles, and kites as banners. Yao used the music of Kui supervisor, striking the chime bell, and all kinds of beasts danced along; Xiao Shao's music has become a set, and the phoenix also comes to worship, which is an example of using music to attract birds and beasts.
So what is the difference between the heart of an animal and a human? The shape and sound are different from those of a human, and ordinary people do not know how to interact with them. There is nothing that the saints do not know, nothing that they do not know, so they can attract and enslave them.
Beasts are born with the same wisdom as humans, they all want to take care of their bodies, and their wisdom is not lower than that of humans. Male and female match each other, mother and child love each other; Avoid flat land and rely on steep slopes; Escape the cold and seek warmth; When they live, they form groups in groups, and when they travel, they form columns in turn; The young dwell inside, and the strong outward; Carry each other when drinking water, and scream together when eating.
In ancient times, they lived with humans and traveled with humans.
When there was an emperor, he began to be frightened and scattered. When it comes to the chaotic times of decay, they hide and flee to avoid disaster. Now there is a country in the East, and the people of this country often understand the language of the six animals, probably because of their unusual wisdom.
The holy men of antiquity understood all the nature and form of all things, and all the different languages and sounds. Gather them together and train them as they do with the people. Therefore, first meet the ghosts, gods and monsters, then reach the people of all directions, and finally gather the birds, beasts and insects, saying that all the animals with blood and gas, their minds and wisdom are not too far apart. The Divine Men understood this, so they taught to train all the animals without missing anything.
There was a man in the Song Kingdom who kept monkeys and liked monkeys very much. He raised a group of monkeys, and he could understand the monkeys' thoughts, and the monkeys understood his mind.
He also reduced the family's living expenses to meet the needs of the monkeys. Soon the family became impoverished, and he planned to restrict the monkeys' food, but fearing that the monkeys would not listen to him, he deceived them first, saying, "Feed you acorns, three in the morning and four in the evening, is it enough?" And all the monkeys jumped up and became angry.
After a while, he said, "Feed you acorns, four in the morning and three in the evening, is that enough?" When the monkeys heard this, they all lay on the ground and were very happy. Animals deceive each other with wisdom or not, and they are all like this. The saint uses wisdom to deceive those who are stupid, just as the monkey keeper uses wisdom to deceive those monkeys. There is no loss in name or reality, but it can make them happy and angry at times!
Ji Yuzi raised fighting cocks for King Zhou Xuan. After ten days, King Zhou Xuan asked, "Can the chickens fight?"
He replied, "No." I don't have real skills, I only know how to rely on pride. ”
Ten days later, he asked again. He replied, "No." When it sees the shadow of other chickens and hears the sound of other chickens, it wants to fight. Ten days later, he asked again. He replied, "No." Still staring, imposing. ”
Ten days later, he asked again. He replied, "Almost." Even if another chicken cries loudly, its mood will not change. It looks like a wooden chicken. Its virtue is already complete. The other chickens didn't dare to fight, so they just turned around and ran away. ”
Hui Ang meets King Song Kang. King Kang paused and coughed, and said hurriedly: "What I like is brave and powerful people, and I don't like people who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality. What are you going to teach me with?"
Hui Ang replied, "I have a Taoist technique here that can make others, even if they are brave, not pierce my body; Even if you have the strength, you can't hit me.
Isn't the king interested in that?"
King Song Kang said, "Yes! This is exactly what I want to hear." ”
Hui Ang said: "If you don't stab me, you won't hit me, it's still insulting." I also have a kind of Taoist technique here, which can make people dare not stab me even though they are brave, and dare not beat me even though they have strength. But not daring doesn't mean not wanting to.
I also have a Taoist technique here that makes people not want to hit people at all.
But don't want to hit the mind that hasn't loved to help you. I also have a kind of Taoism here, which can make all the men and women in the world unhappy to love and help you. This is much better than being brave and powerful, and it is a good Dao technique than all four of the above. Isn't the king interested in that?"
King Song Kang said, "This is exactly what I wanted. ”
Hui Ang said: "Confucius and Mozi are like this. Kong Qiu and Mo Zhai became monarchs without land, and became officials without official positions, and there are no men and women in the world who do not stretch their necks and tiptoe to look forward to them, hoping for stability and help.
Now the king is a monarch with ten thousand military chariots, and if he really has such an ambition, then the people within the borders will all be benefited. That favor will be much more than that of Kong Qiu and Mo Zhai. ”
King Song Kang had nothing to say. Hui Ang walked out quickly. King Song Kang said to the people around him: "I can speak, and the guest has persuaded me by arguing like this." ”