The Chinese literati are Confucian on the outside, but always Zhuangzi on the inside.
Confucianism teaches us how to behave, while Zhuangzi teaches us how to return and find our original intentions.
Zhuangzi wrote the wisdom of life into the story of two birds, and after reading it in depth, life suddenly became clear.
Suffering is not bitterness, happiness is not happiness, it is your own obsession.
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"Lu Bird": Nothing is missing, life is the most painful.
Once upon a time, there was a seabird that flew to the outskirts of the country of Lu.
Lu Jun greeted the bird in a luxurious carriage and let the bird live in the temple and enjoy the highest treatment.
Cows, sheep, pork, birds can be chosen at will, and some people toast the birds.
Watching the food and listening to the people playing "Jiu Shao", the birds were very dizzy and couldn't eat anything.
After three days, the bird died.
After Zhuangzi learned about this, he said with emotion: "This is to raise birds by himself, not to raise birds with birds." ”
Birds have their own habits of flying, or hunting for bugs in the woods, or building nests on cliffs. Although I worry about the house and food every day, the bird finds pleasure in it and keeps itself moving without being decadent.
However, the bird had everything and had no worries, but it was depressed.
Isn't it the same for people? Running around for a living, although they are worried, they will be pleasantly surprised every time they get a salary and make a little progress.
Once you deviate from the track of life, or get a windfall, life is good, but you are trembling every day.
On the "Beiqing Network", there is an intriguing story.
In the UK, a husband named Gerry bought a lottery ticket while eating fish and chips, and won the first prize, which was as high as 32.5 million pounds.
His wife, Lisa, excitedly sent a message to relatives and friends: "We have won the lottery!
In a flash, seven years have passed. The couple has a mansion and a good life for their children. But they divorced and remarried.
Gerry, the husband, thinks he has finally found someone with whom he can share the money.
Lacking nothing is actually a kind of "materialistic" satisfaction, not spiritual satisfaction.
From a realistic point of view, life is extremely fulfilling, but in fact, there are two situations.
First, from now on, don't do anything, and your spirit will be decadent all of a sudden.
Second, for the sake of material abundance, we have to give up being "ourselves" and let others and materials control ourselves.
The ancients said: "Born in sorrow, die in peace." ”
When Zhuangzi was poor, the king of Chu asked him to be an official, so that he could have no worries about food and clothing, and he had many subordinates, but he refused.
Zhuangzi believed that to be an official by himself, like a turtle that was worshipped, it was better to crawl around in the mud.
No matter what situation you are in, remember the saying: "Heaven is full of jealousy, humanity is full of jealousy, half lies in yourself, and half listens to nature." ”
"Fullness and completeness" is the beginning of idleness, and it is also a sign of being controlled by external objects. It needs to be discarded.
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"Kunpeng": Through pain, happiness will eventually be reached.
In the north, there is a fish in the sea called Kun. Kun turned into a bird and was called Peng.
Peng's body is very large, with a back of thousands of miles, and when it flies, its wings reach the clouds in the sky.
Peng was at sea, riding the wind and migrating to the south.
It is said that when Peng is flying, his wings hit the water, and there are waves of 3,000 li, and he jumps to a height of 90,000 li.
Is there such a huge bird in the world? Apparently Zhuangzi imagined it.
However, Zhuangzi gives us a hint: "Those who are suitable for recklessness will have three meals and the stomach will be true, those who are suitable for a hundred miles will have food for lodging, and those who are suitable for thousands of miles will gather grain in March." ”
The more a person travels, the more he must prepare more food, and the more ambitious a person is, the more he must prepare more wisdom. This is the principle of "accumulation and accumulation".
Kunpeng, we haven't seen it, but the bird that is not afraid of hardship and pain does exist in real life.
Demoiselle cranes, which often fly between Xinjiang and India, have to climb Mount Everest and avoid golden eagles along the way.
The Arctic swallow, which migrates once a year, from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the South Pole to the North Pole. They love light and polar day. The distance flown reached 1.5 million kilometers in a lifetime.
The Condo vulture, with wings up to three meters, inhabits the peaks of the Andes and can fly up to 8,500 meters.
The snow-capped mountains, cliffs, and poles of the earth can be seen in a harsh environment. But it is also the extreme difficulties that make the bird's courage and wisdom.
Life is like a bird, all the pain you experience is here to overcome you, and the pain you take the initiative to face can fulfill you.
Suffering and happiness always appear together, and there is as much happiness as there is suffering.
Su Shi in the Northern Song Dynasty was very good at reading when he was a child, and he became a high school scholar in his twenties and became an official.
When he was proud, he encountered the Wutai poetry case and was demoted to Huangzhou, Huizhou, Hainan and other places.
The salary is less, and life is also adrift. He also involved his younger brother and was demoted together, and his wife died young.
A series of pains made him suddenly understand that life can only be truly brilliant if it is retrograde. Since then, he has become an optimist.
Research food, write articles, open up wasteland and farm, and talk to the people at the bottom...... Life has finally been transformed.
When we praise Su Shi, we should see the wisdom he drew from Zhuangzi - I used to see in the middle, but I couldn't speak. Seeing "Zhuangzi" today, I have my heart!
When a person is in pain, he can fully see his own strength. If anyone is afraid of pain, pain will follow him, because pain cannot be avoided, so he can only carry it and shake hands and make peace.
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Suffering, like a small boat, crosses you to the other side of the ideal.
After suffering hardship, you know the sweet taste. Because there is a stark contrast between the two.
Only by bearing the hardship can we know how to cherish the happiness of the moment, after all, we are afraid of returning to the era of pain.
Suffering without saying anything, I have amazing perseverance, not easily complaining to others, and stretching out my hand.
After going through hardship, I found the trick of life, and I was no longer an ignorant teenager.
Only by accepting suffering can we realize that life will not be complete, there is always room for progress, and efforts will never end.
If you want to be a peng, don't refuse to grow, don't be afraid of hurricanes and torrential rain in the clouds.
Author: Cloth Clothes Coarse Food.
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