18, Zhuangzi Dasheng

If you understand the principles of life, you won't do things that are not beneficial to life.

If you see through the nature of fate, you will not do things that do not help fate. Yes. If people want to take care of their bodies, they must eat and dress, and material things come first.

You're right. How dare I oppose your materialism.

However, it is true that there are many people who eat well and wear new clothes, and have abundant material conditions, but they still can't keep their bodies and can't maintain their health. How would you explain this? Yes. If people want to enjoy life, they must pay attention to health, and the body comes first. You're right. How dare I oppose your health science. However, there are indeed many people who have lost their lives before their bodies collapse. How do you explain this?

Neither material can protect the body, nor can the body protect life. In the past, when life came, we couldn't push it away; When his life is gone, we can't pull it back. Life comes and goes, it's up to us. It is tragic that people in the world believe that as long as they work hard to maintain their bodies, they will be able to enjoy life for a long time. If it is not enough to take care of the body to enjoy life, is it worth doing those things that are useless and useless? If you know that you are not worth doing, but you have to do it, then you have to admit that you are destined to be in vain.

If you want to break out of the futility of fate, you better detach yourself from reality. If you are detached from reality, you will not be entangled in mundane affairs. If you don't get entangled in mundane affairs, your mentality will be normal and you will be quiet. With a normal state of mind and quietness, people will synchronize with nature and will not be far from attaining the Tao. Is it worth giving up your career? Is it worth forgetting your life? The career is abandoned, the body is not tired, it is worth it. Life is forgotten, the spirit is not lost, it is worth it.

Physical preservation and spiritual enrichment can achieve the unity of nature and man, that is, the harmony between man and nature. Parents of all things, yin and yang. 2. Qi intermingles to give form to life. When the two qi are divorced, life ends, the body decomposes into organic molecules, and another life will begin again. Only when the body is not exhausted and the spirit is not damaged can we be consistent with the Tao. No matter how well your body is maintained, you will inevitably die in the end. Only your primordial essence, those organic molecules, will never die away, and will be thrown into the great cycle of biology for eternity. It's a way for you to contribute to nature.

The first teacher, Mr. Lie Yukou, that is, Liezi, cultivated the art of wind fairy, did not use weapons, and flew in the wind. One day, he flew west from Zheng Guo to Hangu Pass to visit Guan Yin. Guan Yin, the commander of Hangu Guan, is an official position, not a name. The name of this Guan Yin is lost, and it is only known that he is a Taoist friend of Lao Dan with special functions. Liezi wants to learn the art of narcissus and fire fairy, so he came to consult Guan Yin.

Liezi said: "Moral perfection is for the supreme people, diving water does not suffocate, fire does not burn the body, independent 100-foot high pole top, calm and not shocked." What is this special feature?"

Guan Yin said: "Just keep the pure qi." This kind of function does not involve the level of the practitioner's intelligence, the maturity of the skill, or the degree of determination, so it is not something that can be learned. Sit down, I'll tell you. They all have their own faces, bodies, voices, skin colors, and they are all the same people, so why is there such a big difference between some people and others? They are all mortals, why is he supreme? Why? Obviously, there is something else, and that is quality, which takes precedence over appearance. Appearance, body, voice, and color float on the surface, tangible. Quality sinks in the inner layer, invisible. Not only intangible, but also stable. Bad quality becomes bad, good quality becomes not bad. The best character of the person has been brought into full play, and foreign objects such as water and fire can not stop him! Abide by his duty and restrain himself, he is neither lewd nor abused. The road of refuge, the dissolution of the ego, he has no beginning and no end. Entrusted to creation, participating in the cycle, he will never give up. Purify your own nature, cultivate your vitality, confirm your own experience, and input all these into your own excellent qualities. A supreme person like him is perfect in morality, invulnerable, and has a condensed soul, and there is no gap to take advantage of, and there is no way for foreign objects such as fire and water to invade him. ”

Guan Yin also said: "A drunk man who rides in a car and rolls to the ground, even if he is injured, he will not fall to his death." His skeleton is the same as that of a man, and the consequences of his danger are different from that of a man, because his soul was in a state of condensation. He didn't know when he was in the car, and he didn't know when he got out of the car. There is no fear of death in his heart, so he is not afraid of falling and colliding with external objects. A drunkard can save a life by virtue of wine alone, not to mention that a person who is perfect by virtue of virtue is not afraid of danger! He dissolves his ego in the avenue, and foreign objects cannot hurt him. ”

Guan Yin also said: "The sage governs the country, pursues the doctrine of non-action, does not need to scheming, always governs it according to nature, and does not care about what he wants. When a chivalrous man is slashed by his opponent with a sword, he wants to take revenge, and he will go to the enemy to settle the score, but he will not go to the enemy's sword to settle the score, because the sword is unintentional. If a narrow-minded ghost is injured by a floating tile on the house, he will not hate that piece of tile, because the tile is also unintentional. If a chivalrous warrior had to smash his sword into broken copper and iron, and if a ghost had to smash the tiles into pieces, the world would not be in chaos. The saint is also unintentional, so that external objects do not harm him. If the saints generally practice the doctrine of non-action, there will be no more war and torture in the world. ”

Guan Yin finally said: "Don't develop social functions, but develop natural functions. As man's natural functions develop, welfare will grow. With the development of people's social functions, disasters will breed. Devoted to nature, but also to society. If everyone treats this attitude, innocence will be restored, and hypocrisy will be eliminated. ”

Confucius applied for the job and led his attaché to the state of Chu. In the hot summer, the fire umbrella is spread high, and the trip rests in an arbor forest, and the sound of cicadas fills the ears. Sitting in the woods, Confucius saw a hunchbacked old man walking up, carrying a bamboo basket in one hand and a bamboo pole in the other, the tip of which was coated with glue and sticking cicadas. The hunchbacked old man saw the cicadas in the treetops under the tree, and raised his rod to catch them as easily as picking up objects. The cicadas are kept in bamboo baskets, fried in oil tomorrow morning until fragrant and crispy, mixed with pepper and salt, and sent to the city to be sold. You can see that he's been doing this for years.

Confucius said, "You are so skillful." Is there a way?"

The old man said, "I have a way." In May and June, when the cicada season arrived, I practiced every day to get tired of the ball. This kind of acrobatics, sir, should have seen it. If I am only tired of two balls this day and still don't drop, I go out to stick to the cicada, and there are misses, not much. If you are tired and don't drop three balls, you will have a greater grasp, and you will catch nine out of ten cicadas. If you are tired and still don't lose five balls, such as today, then I promise that ten cicadas and ten catches will be as easy as picking up something. When I operate, I stand still under the tree, my body is like a stake, and my pole and arms are like the dead branches of an old tree. Although the world is big, although there are many things, all of them have nothing to do with me. People only pay attention to the cicada wings, and the cicada wings are everything. I am looking left and right, and I don't think about it, even the country can't change my cicada wings. You say, can I get caught without my hands!"

The hunchbacked old man continued to stick to the cicada. Confucius turned back to his attaché and said, "Concentrate on the divine skill." Well, I'm talking about the hunchbacked old man. ”

Confucius later talked to Yan Hui about the old man's sticky cicada. Yan recalled another old story. It was a few years ago, Yan Hui went on a business trip to Song Kingdom, and crossed the abyss by boat, a deep lake like a horn cup. I remember that day the weather was bad and there was a strong wind. Yan Hui saw that the boatman was steadfast in the rudder, not afraid of the wind and waves, and if he had miraculous skills, he asked, "Is it easy to learn to steer a boat?" The boatman replied, "Easy." Swimmers can learn it as soon as they learn it. If he is good at diving, he will not learn it, even if he has never even seen the appearance of a boat. Yan Hui asked, "Why?" The boatman laughed but did not answer.

Yan Hui brought up the old story again and asked Confucius: "Is it true that the boatman said that he would be able to learn it once he learned it?"

Confucius said, "You are too dull, no wonder the boatman laughs at you." A master swimmer can learn it as soon as he learns, and that's because he doesn't care about water anymore. As for the snorkel, even if he has never seen a boat, he will not learn it, because there is no water in his heart, but there is no water in front of him. In his opinion, the hundred-zhang deep lake was just an uphill road. The boat sank to the bottom of the lake, and the car retreated to the bottom of the slope, and there was no danger at all. There are all kinds of heaviness and noise in front of him, he doesn't think it's the same thing, what's there to hurry! You go and look at target gambling and you'll understand. In the first game, the crockpot was won, and the shooter was not in a hurry and hit with one shot. In the second game, the shooter was full of nervousness and missed consecutive shots. In the third game, the bars were won, and before the bowstring could be drawn, the shooter fainted. The same shooter, the same skill, once the heart is greedy, it will value foreign objects, and suffer from gains and losses. If people value external things, they become stupid inside. ”

Zhou Weigong is a descendant of Zhou Gong, the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, surnamed Ji Mingzao, and wanted to learn the art of health preservation, so he summoned Tian Kaizhi and said: "I heard that there is a health scientist surnamed Zhu Mingren, and he has a friendship with you. Tell me what he said about health. ”

Tian Kaizhi said: "Kaizhi worships under the door of Teacher Zhu, cleaning the courtyard, what else can I listen to." ”

Zhou Weigong said: "Mr. Tian, don't be humble. I want to hear it. ”

Tian Kaizhi said: "I remember that Teacher Zhu said that people who are good at maintaining health should be like shepherd boys, shaking their whips and urging the sheep that have fallen behind. ”

Zhou Weigong said, "What do you mean?"

Tian Kaizhi said: "In order to go hand in hand." There is a hermit in the country of Lu, who is poor, lives in a cave on the shore, drinks raw water, and talks about humility and does not rush for welfare. Single leopard pays attention to health, is seventy years old, does not look old, and his face is like a baby's tender red. He was advised to go down to the mountains to live in better living conditions, but he would not listen. One day he was drawing water from a ravine, and was bitten to death by a hungry tiger and ate it. There is another dignitary, Zhang Yi, who has a good life and is busy socializing all day long.

Walking on the street, you will greet people when you see them, and pay tribute to them warmly, whether they are dignitaries or grooms. Advised him not to be too tired, he said that extensive contact with the masses is good for health. I went to the banquet nine times a day, and there was still one that did not arrive. My heart was anxious, my blood was hot and rushed to the top of my head, and I was sick and whimpered, and I only lived to be forty years old. The hermit single leopard is healthy, only cares about peace of mind, regardless of physical safety, and the end is a tiger bite. The monk Zhang Yi maintained his health, only cared about his body safety, regardless of his peace of mind, and the end was a fever attack on his heart. Neither of these two failed regimens would whip the sheep that had fallen behind. ”

Confucius also talked about the art of self-cultivation. He said, "If people are unlucky, stop being humble." People become popular, don't expose them again. It is best not to be mildew or red, and to defend the center of the village, steady. Whoever has done it completely will live a long life. In today's troubled times, everyone is far away. I heard that robbers from a certain township robbed and killed passers-by, and although 90 percent of them were safe and sound, everyone was still afraid, and fathers, sons, and brothers warned each other that they had to gather in groups to carry knives and spears before they dared to pass by. How wise it is to be so careful to prevent it. In fact, the most terrible robbers are not on the road, but on the bed where men and women indulge, but on the table where food and drink are not modest. But everyone turns a blind eye, sees it but does not guard against it, and makes mistakes from generation to generation!"

Every year at the spring equinox, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty wants to go to the temple to worship his ancestors, and the ceremony can be grand. One hundred days before the vernal equinox, a temple celebrant, or master of ceremonies at the temple, dressed in a black dress and holding a wat plate, inspected the pigsty on behalf of the authorities to see if the piglets selected for fattening up as sacrifices were qualified. This is an official article, and it is necessary to go through the motions.

After Miao Zhu finished the formalities, he suddenly moved his heart and felt that these short-lived animals were too pitiful. But he immediately warned himself: "Don't make the mistake of pig Taoism!" Then he overcame his negativity, lifted his spirits, did ideological work for the piglet, and opened his throat and announced: "I! Hereon! On behalf of today's son! Visit everyone! I wish you a glorious death in 100 days! Why should you be greedy for life and afraid of death? I'm going to use it, concentrate feed, to treat you to the door, for a whole month, three months! Not only that, but in order to cooperate with you, at that time, I will, ten days without sleeping women! Don't eat meat for three days! And, allow me to give you advance notice of you, one, great news! When you are glorious, put your shoulders and buttocks separately, and paint them! Also, pave the white thatch! So, high-standard, treatment, I think, you must be very satisfied, isn't it? Well, thank you!"

After the temple wished to finish the speech, out of professional habits, and imagined how he would give an answer if he was a piglet, thinking about it, it was a pity, and the answer was only one sentence: "It's better to stay in the pigsty and eat bran!"

The temple celebrates the hike home. The cars on the street are all sitting in nobles wearing official crowns. Miao Zhu saw it and was very envious. I also saw a float carrying a strong coffin, followed by the funeral procession, and the honor guard played mourning music. Miaozhu sighed and thought: "It's worth it to sit in the Xuan car alive, wear the official crown, sleep in the coffin when you die, take the float, and kill the head." ”

He is a pig, and he is willing to give up the sacrificial vessel and white grass, and would rather save his life.

He is a human being, determined to fight for the crown and the coffin, and would rather lose his life.

In terms of the concept of health, there are two value standards here.

Miao Zhu doesn't want to think about it: who is wiser than pigs and humans?

Duke Huan of Qi Guo, the head of the five tyrants under the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, is famous. Everyone is afraid of him, but ghosts are not afraid of him. One day, Huan Gong was hunting in the suburbs, and Guan Zhong drove a hunting car for him. Driving through the jungle, Huan Gong caught a glimpse of a ghost in the dark part of the dense forest, and hurriedly stopped, Huan Gong patted Guan Zhong's hand and asked, "Second uncle, look, what is that?"

Guan Zhong said: "The minister didn't see anything. ”

Duke Huan ordered him to return to the city and not say a word again. After returning to the palace, he got dementia and did not sit in the court for several days. The court doctor had a diagnosis of the prince with the surname of the prince and said: "The lord is looking for his own disease, how dare the ghost harm the lord." Generally speaking, when anger is stagnant in the chest and emptied, it will feel weak. If you rush upwards and can't hold your breath, you will be irritable. If you sink and can't lift your breath, you will forget. What I am afraid of is that if I don't get up and don't attack my heart, I will get sick. ”

Huan Gong didn't listen to empty words, but asked, "Are there any ghosts?"

The doctor said, "Yes." There are ghosts in the gutter, famous shoes. The stove has a ghost, a bun. There is a ghost in the garbage pile behind the door, and it can't be hidden, and it is called Thunder. There are ghosts in the northeast corner of the courtyard wall, jumping around, and the name is a frog dragon. There is a ghost in the northwest corner of the courtyard wall, which cannot be hidden, and the name is Yangyang. There are ghosts in the water, and they are called elephants. There are ghosts in the hills, and they are famous. There are ghosts in the mountains, and there are names. There are ghosts in the wilderness, and the names are wandering. There are ghosts in the jungle, and the name is a snake.

Huan Gong interrupted the doctor and said, "Stop." What is the shape of the snake? ”

The doctor said, "The snake is shaped like a python, thick as a wheel, as long as a wheel, and purple and red in a red hat." The hell was afraid to hear the rumbling thunder or the sound of a car. When he heard the boom, he straightened up and covered his ears with his hands. The snake is invisible, and ordinary people do not want to see it. Whoever is lucky enough to see the snake will be the international overlord. ”

Huan smiled openly and said, "This is what I saw!" So he turned over and got out of bed, dressed and hated, humbly courted the corporal, and gave the doctor a seat to talk. Before dark, the symptoms of dementia disappeared completely, and the head of the five tyrants was in full bloom again.

Cockfighting instructor Ji Xingzi trained a fighting for King Zhou Xuan.

After ten days, King Zhou Xuan asked, "Is the chicken okay?" Ji Xingzi replied: "No. Majestic and high-spirited, challenging everywhere. ”

After another ten days, I asked for the second time. A: "No." I didn't challenge it, but I still fought it. ”

Ten days later, the third time asked. A: "No." Although he should not fight, his eyes are fierce and his heart is full of fighting spirit. ”

Ten more days, the fourth question. Answer: "Almost." I heard other chickens crow, but there was no response. It seems like a wooden chicken, and Zhengde has been perfected. Standing on the cockfighting platform, he was calm. The enemy chickens did not dare to come forward to challenge, and they all fled. ”

Confucius traveled to the Jin Kingdom to see Hukou Waterfall. Coming north from the Yellow River, it seems to fall from the sky, 200 feet of flying water, 40 miles of snow waves, how spectacular. With such a large drop, crocodiles, turtles, and fish dare not swim. Confucius found that a man was struggling on the waves, and thought that he had committed suicide by throwing himself into the river in a difficult situation, so he ordered his attaché to chase along the river and try to save him. The attaché followed hundreds of paces and saw that the man swam unhurriedly to the shallows, got out of the water safely, put on his long hair, and sang slowly under the embankment.

Curious, Confucius went to visit the man.

Confucius said, "I'm a hell, haha, wait for me to take a closer look at you." Yes, yes, it's a human being, a living human being! In this way, you are not struggling, but treading fake water. Excuse me, is there any trick to stepping on fake water? ”

The man said, "No." I don't have the know-how, I was born normally, I grew up as I pleased, and I became an adult, and this is who I am. I sink with the whirlpool and float up with the gushing water, obeying the law of flowing water, and never making my own opinions. That's how I stepped on fake water. ”

Confucius said, "What do you mean by being born normally, growing up according to one's own nature, and becoming an adult according to one's destiny?"

The man said, "I love mountains when I was born in the mountains, and I am normal." Growing up in the water, I love water, and I am casual. I don't know why it's like this, obediently. ”

The famous joinery craftsman of Lu State, Mingqing, made a suspension for the court orchestra to hang the music clock. The style is novel, the carving is exquisite, and the people who see it are full of praise, saying that it is a miracle. After appreciating it, the king asked, "What are the technical secrets of such a good job?"

Qing replied: "The minister is a craftsman, how can he talk about any technical secrets." If you want to say that there is, there is a little bit. Before I made the suspension, I didn't dare to share a bed with my wife, for fear of losing my energy, so I fasted, calmed down, fasted for three days, and didn't want to ask for a reward. For five days, I no longer worry about being scolded for my craft, and I no longer hope that my craft will have a face. For seven days, only my soul remained, and my hands, feet, and body were completely forgotten. At this time, don't blame the master, even the court doesn't take it to heart, I concentrate on the idea, and I don't want to be disturbed in any way. At this point, I went into the mountains with my axe, and one by one I observed the nature of the rosewood trees, and found out which sizes and woods were the most ideal. The wood is chosen, and there is a finished suspension in mind, and you can see it clearly with your eyes closed, and then you can do it. If I get into trouble, I won't do it. I am a man of my own nature. The red sandalwood tree also has its own nature. The selection of materials is that the two natures are compatible with each other. This suspension is praised and said to be miraculous, is there a reason for this? ”

The famous coachman of the Lu country, surnamed Dongye, was named Ji, and performed for the king. The first program is running a straight line. On the track, Higashino drove the carriage to the finish line, and the trajectory formed two parallel straight lines. and reverses from the end to the starting point, and the advance and retreat tracks are superimposed, and the threads are deducted. The second show is Running Circles. Higashino Ji drove a carriage to run in a circle, clockwise right, counterclockwise left, the trajectory is a perfect circle, you can draw a circle with a rope to test.

The king applauded and praised Higashino as the father of the day. The father was the coachman of King Mu of Zhou, who once drove eight horses to travel west with King Mu and traveled thousands of miles a day. Higashino Ji listened to the praise, his face was full of red light, and he kowtowed to thank him.

The king said, "The third program is ordered by me." I want you to run a hundred laps in a carriage with a completely overlapping trajectory. ”

Higashino ran in a carriage.

The officials applauded and shouted cheers, and there were cheerleaders.

Yan Qi, a sage of the Lu Kingdom, was a student of Confucius, and when he entered the palace, he happened to meet this performance. Yan Yan leaned forward and told the king: "If you run like this, the horse will collapse!" ”

The king was silent.

Soon, there was a boom, the horse overturned, and Higashino fell. There was a big uproar in the audience, and it was still far from 100 laps, which was inevitably disappointing.

The king asked, "How did you know that?"

Yan Qi said: "After the second show, the horse's strength was exhausted. You still order the third show, so it will collapse. ”

In ancient times, when Emperor Yao was in power, there was a craftsman named Zhuo, known as Gongzhui, with unique skills. The worker draws a straight line with his hand, and tries the compass ruler to check one by one, and it is in line with the slightest button. When he works, his fingers are in harmony with the object he is working on, and he doesn't have to bother with it, and it's very relaxed. Therefore, his soul is condensed, there is no gap, he is not shackled by foreign objects, and he is absolutely free. The coachman Higashino also has special skills, but there is still a gap between him and the horse, so both men and horses are trapped. The king's praise, the applause of the officials, and the shackles of his soul, finally made him fail.

Forget your feet,

What kind of shoes fit.

Forget about the waist, all kinds of belts are closed to the waist.

Forget the gains and losses,

All kinds of environments are agreeable.

Inner Peace,

external insulation,

What happened was reasonable.

If you've fitted everything,

Never feel like anything doesn't fit in anymore,

Simply forgot that it was suitable or not,

That's the best fit.