9, Zhuangzi Outer Chapter

In today's Warring States period, society values knowledge.

Knowledge is power, and ignorance is deceived. You see that the "Anti-theft Instructions" is written in large letters on the door wall of the post house: please be careful and beware of picking up money bags, secretly priing containers, and stealing boxes; The luggage should be taken care of, the rope should be tied tightly, and the lock should be locked; In case of theft, we will not compensate for it. This "Anti-theft Instructions" is the most valuable knowledge and the most valuable power in the world. If you don't study, master, and apply well, even if you read all the "poems", "books", "Yi", "rites" and "Spring and Autumn", you are equivalent to fools. The so-called knowledge is what the world thinks it is.

However, petty theft is easy to prevent, but big thieves are difficult to prevent. The thieves are coming, roaring in groups, the open flames are fighting, the mighty are mighty, and the steel knife is on your neck. You watched the righteous men let go of their pistols, carry them, carry them, carry them, carry them. He told you to bind up to the untied, and shut up to the unlocked. Bundled and locked, who does "Anti-Theft Instructions" help for? Who does so-called knowledge empower?

Readers, you may wish to think about it, what is the so-called knowledge of the world that is not taken away by thieves and used for self-arming? The sage is deaf and clear-sighted, and the sage is talented and wise. What kind of so-called ingenuity in the world does not help the thief? Use your wits and hoard hard, and the result is to hoard food for theft. Use your cleverness and guard with all your heart, and the result is to defend the thief. Ah, I have stored all my life and made a wedding dress for the thief.

Actually, you're not meeting a thief.

Qualified thieves have heads and faces, and they don't go to rob houses at all. There have been super thieves in the country of Qi, which is written in history.

In the past, the surname of the old Qi State was Jiang, and it was later stolen and changed to Tian, which is now the new Qi State.

The old Qi State was the first civilized and powerful country under the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the country of Qi, there was no wasteland, the population was dense, the villages were connected, the cooking smoke was facing each other, and the chickens and dogs smelled each other. The land is more than 2,000 miles, and there are crops everywhere, and there are fishermen near the water. From the capital to the east, west, north and south borders, the national government decree is unified, embodying the four ideals of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and music, through local administrative institutions at all levels, and implementing the grassroots level.

In the field of spiritual civilization, the official temples worship the ancestors, and the folk shrines worship the god of agriculture, diligent and active, why not listen to the teachings of the saints. This qualified country of saints, after hundreds of years, to Qi Jian Gong, jumped out of a careerist Tian Chengzi, he was a ministerial-level doctor, killed Jian Gong, and stole the Qi country.

The one surnamed Tian robbed the one surnamed Jiang, and on the surface, the country of Qi is still the country of Qi, and the name of the country has not changed. In addition to the open thief, there is also the color of the secret thief, Tian Chengzi is really a super thief. What he stole was not only the country of Qi, but also the four major attachments of the sage's legal system, the sage's teachings, that is, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and music, all of which were taken away. With one hand on the four major attachments made by the saint and used to envelop the people, everyone did not dare to curse, although everyone knew in their hearts that he was a thief.

The four major attachments ensure his safety, sit firmly in the country, and the name is justified, which is equivalent to Yao Shun. This is the legitimacy of inheritance. Since it is legal, the small neighboring countries do not dare to criticize openly, and the big ones do not dare to declare war and go to war.

Since then, the surname of Qi has been Tian, which has been passed down from generation to generation until now. Tian Chengzi not only stole national politics, but also stole benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and music, and stole the hard-fought saints such as the Duke of Zhou, the Grand Duke, Guan Zhong, and Confucius, and stole them to stand guard and be on duty, just like a sentry, protecting the life of the thief!

Readers, think about it again, what is the so-called knowledge of the world that is not taken away by thieves and used to arm themselves? Which of the so-called saints in the world is not caught by thieves and stands guard on duty?

In fact, a super thief like Tian Chengzi is not the worst.

It is said that the old woman, a resident of Qi State, felt his kindness and thought about his health, and gave him gifts. The song said: "Old woman, pick wolfberries and give them to the beloved Tian Chengzi." "False benevolence and false righteousness may be better than true tyranny. There are many tyrannical super thieves in history.

In the past, King Xia Wei cut off the head of his minister Guan Longfeng, King Shang ripped out the heart of his minister, King Zhou killed his loyal minister Chang Hong and tore it into pieces of meat, and King Wu killed his loyal minister Wu Zixu and boiled it into broth. The four virtuous ministers died so miserably, they can't escape or resist, because the sage set the legal system, the king is the king, the minister is the minister, because the sage left a teaching, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. If you don't arrest the saints and take them to stand guard and be on duty, don't steal the holy law and holy religion, and the tyrannical and unrighteous king can sit firmly! Can you kill it! Is it torn! Is it cooked!

Is it said that the king is tyrannical and unreasonable? Isn't there a way to be tyrannical?

The thieves are the rogues of Shandong, plundering the wealth of the Qi country, and holding human flesh banquets, which is tyrannical enough. A minion asked: "Report to the big handsome, the little one heard that the saint has a way, what kind of play is that?" Is there a way to do what we do?" The thief replied, "Fool, seventy-two lines, there is a way." There is no way, can you afford to make a momentum? You listen. If you want to steal or rob, you need to touch the fat and thin first, you don't have to investigate, it's all based on intuition. It can be seen that our spiritual sight and spiritual hearing, this is sacred. Breaking in, rushing ahead, not afraid of sacrifice, this is bravery. It is righteousness to withdraw, to fight to break the rear, to cover the brethren, to act when the opportunity arises, and to know what is right to stop, this is wisdom. Fair distribution of spoils, embodying the spirit of fraternity, this is benevolence. The five virtues are all the teachings of the saints, and they are all excellent qualities. Moral decay, no morality, only worthy of being a thief, don't want to be a thief!"

Now it's time to understand: a good person does not follow the way of the saints, and he cannot be good if he wants to be good; Bad people don't rely on the way of the saints, and they can't be bad if they want to; Thieves don't use the way of saints, they want to run rampant in Shandong, do they succeed? It's not that I Zhuang Zhou insists on scolding the saint, it's obvious that there are few good people in society and too many bad people. This dooms the saint to contribute less to society and destroy more; The role of education is less, and the role of instigation is more. After listening to the words of the saints, if one asks for good, three will do evil. The saint is benevolent and righteous, and the thief fights. Here's exactly what happened:

Missing upper lip and cold front teeth.

Lu Guo was sour, and Zhao Guo was beaten.

The saint appears, and the thief comes out.

Only by being strict in cracking down on saints and lenient in dealing with thieves can there be public order in society. The reason is also like the source of the valley, the river water naturally runs dry; The hills are bulldozed, and the deep pools are naturally filled. One day the saint dies, one day the thief is finished, and the world returns to peace, but there is a lot of trouble.

A saint does not die for a day, and a thief does not die for a day.

This is exactly the case with the state of society. The people are honest and pin their hopes on the Holy Law and Holy Religion, thinking that it is possible to rule the world from this. Tyrants like Xia Wei Shang have long manipulated the Holy Law Holy Sect, traitors like Tian Chengzi have long stolen the Holy Law Holy Sect, and thieves have long used the Holy Law Holy Sect, these facts are unknown to the people. The more you rely on the saints, the more you will benefit tyrants, traitors, and thieves. Any invention, they can grab and steal.

You create the liters and buckets of grain, and as standard measuring instruments, they snatch them, enlarge them and shrink them, and they harm others and benefit themselves.

Thou hast invented hammer scales and scales for weighing things, and as standard scales, they have stolen them, aggravated them and lightened them, and they have benefited themselves to the detriment of others.

You create pairs of cards and seals to prevent fraud, and they rob them and use them to cheat and cheat.

Thou hast invented righteousness and used it to correct the hearts of the people of the world, and they stole it, and thou hast used it to disguise itself and deceive the people.

Righteousness can also be stolen, don't you think it's strange? There is a folk saying, you should have heard it: "If you steal the belt and buckle, you will cut off your head on the cross street; stole the state institutions, and the palace of Jinluan was crowned a marquis. "The princes are deep in the courtyard, and they sit in the hall and talk about benevolence and righteousness. The benevolence and righteousness of the whole world are on their lips, isn't it secretly taken away? The Holy Law and Holy Religion, the Holy Wisdom of the Saints, and everything created by the ancient saints are in their hands, aren't they secretly taken away?

The society is too dark, and there are so many thieves, who defect to the bandit team, rob the princes, steal benevolence, steal measuring instruments, steal weighing instruments, steal cards and seals, in order to seek wealth. Even if he rewarded him with a bold car and praised him with a high hat of honor, he refused to do good. Even if he was threatened with the punishment of beheading, he would not change his ways. A swarm of thieves jumped on the ship, and everyone cooperated with the thieves in various ways, which has become an irreversible trend of the black tide, which is the sin of the saint.

Listen to the cliché: "Big fish don't go ashore when they dive deep." The Cache of Sharp Weapons is not advertised. "The saint's set of holy laws and holy religions is a secret weapon, and it cannot be propagated. The big fish jumped ashore and was caught. Secret weapons are propagated and stolen by others, endangering society.

So I said:

Dusse is clever, sweeps away the intelligence, and the robbers naturally disappear.

Break the jewels, smash the treasures, and the thieves will naturally decrease.

Burn the pair of cards, destroy the seal, and restore the state of mind.

Break the bucket, break the scales, and restore trust in the world.

If you do not follow the holy law and do not listen to the holy religion, public opinion will be restored to justice.

Disband the band, ban loud sounds, and the ears can hear.

Cancel the art, ban the color, the eyes can be clear.

Do not rely on measuring tools, do not admire novelty, craftsmen have skill.

Delete the exemplary deeds of Zeng Shen and Shi Yu, lock the mouths of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai's debaters, and abandon the preaching of benevolence and righteousness, so that human beings can find righteousness and morality and return to the wonderful world together. If you are smart, you don't show it, you use it to reflect on yourself, and if everyone does this, society will not fall apart. There is wisdom, not exposed, used to enrich oneself, and everyone does this, and society will not be confused. There is morality, it is not exposed, it is used to restrain itself, and if everyone does this, the society will not be evil. He has participated in the role of filial piety, Shi Yu plays the loyal minister, Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai play the sharp teeth, Shi Kuang plays the ears of musicality, the eyes of Zhu plays the color vision, and the workers play the craftsmen, all of them are showing off themselves in a hot way, acting is just making the society uneasy, it is definitely not the right way, and it is useless.

I want to remember the world of virtue again. The ancient great chiefs, each commanding his clan, including the Rongcheng clan, the Dating clan, the Bohuang clan, the central clan, the Lilu clan, the Lizhu clan, the Xuanyuan clan, the Heken clan, the Zunlu clan, the Zhurong clan, the Fuxi clan, and the Shennong clan, a total of twelve. In those good days, when writing had not yet been invented, clan historians knotted ropes and recorded them, hanging them in rows and strings in the public court, compiling history. There are no kings, no saints, everyone is equal. Eating raw meat and chewing wild vegetables are sweet, wearing animal skins and leaves are beautiful, and living the most humble life is happy. Between the two clans, although they are neighbors, they see each other from afar, chickens and dogs smell each other, and they do not interact with each other, because the two sides do not need to trade and do not need to fight. Everyone enjoys the end of their lives, and they don't have to flee to their hometown. This is the world of virtue. It's not like today's troubled times, everyone is panicked, listening to and probing, stretching their necks and standing on tiptoe, looking at their eyes. Suddenly, there was a legend: "A certain man is very virtuous!" Everyone carried dry food and rushed to take refuge in the so-called backer. Leaving his relatives at home, leaving the crops in the field, leaving his hometown and county, and never returning. There are also businessmen to make money, scholars to make officials, footprints extend out of the country of princes, and the wheel tracks extend thousands of miles away. Everyone runs wild for profit and creates social unrest. Ah, that's the trouble caused by valuing intelligence and information, and the responsibility lies above.

The above loves wisdom, has caused trouble, and is politically unreasonable, so that social turmoil will not break out!

Is wisdom so harmful?

Yes. Birds fly well in the air. People use their wisdom to build slingshots and kill birds. Later, they made bows and arrows that were drawn and shot, crossbow arrows that were pulled and triggered, and arrows that were shot by the tail line of arrows, and the better the hunting equipment, the more cunning the birds. Later, he made a long-handled trap to catch birds, which were used for cage breeding and a large number of live catches. The intelligence of hunting tools forces birds to distort their nature, change their lifestyles, and even alienate them. The nature of birds has been disturbed, the ecology of the air has been destroyed, and there are endless disasters. This is the result of an abuse of intelligence.

Yes. Fish swim well in the water. People use wisdom to make bone forks and fork fish to kill. Later, he made hooks for tying rods and improved bait for attracting fish. Later, there were casting nets for shipbuilding, catching nets for shore, blocking nets for breaking streams, fishing nets with handles, and pulling nets for suspension. Later, the bamboo cage was built, the small vulgar call tube Gou, the large vulgar call sow Gou, set up the torrent, and the fish in the process strayed into the cage and could not swim out. The wisdom of fishing tackle forces fish to distort their nature, change their lifestyles, and even alienate them. The nature of the fish has been disturbed, the ecology in the water has been destroyed, and there are endless disasters. This is also the result of abusive intelligence.

Yes. Beasts live well in the wild. Man used wisdom to make stone spears and assassinate beasts. Later, they built ground nets to catch big beasts and overturned nets to catch small beasts, insidious rope lass and iron clips for plotting, cages and traps for trapping, and antler fences for round-up. The more stinky the trap, the more cunning and fierce the beasts. The wisdom of the trap forces the beasts to distort their nature, change their way of life, and even alienate. The animal nature has been disturbed, the wild ecology has been destroyed, and there are endless disasters. Again, this is the result of an abuse of intelligence.

Yes. People live well in the world. Develop intelligence above, and seek profit with wisdom below. The social atmosphere has deteriorated, and it is fashionable to show off their mouths. or quote scriptures and scriptures, and deceive people with clever words; or bluffing, deceiving others, or expounding a board of confusing white theories to confuse the audience; Or come to a period of lively similarities and differences to scare away the opponents. The wisdom of sophistry forces people to distrust common sense, not respect facts, change their way of thinking, coax themselves and others, and change from confusion to common sense, the facts are overthrown, the thinking is messed up, and there are endless troubles. Again, this is the result of an abuse of intelligence.

The four evils of wisdom, as mentioned above, are all seen by everyone in today's troubled times. So I want to say again that every social turmoil in the past, and even every social turmoil in the future, is the trouble caused by Aizhi, and the responsibility lies above.

Each person has his own circle of intelligence, and intelligence is not unlimited, and the knowledge outside the circle cannot be understood by oneself. The so-called quest for knowledge, the world mistakenly thinks that it is to explore the knowledge that is not understood by crossing the circle, rather than in-depth understanding of the knowledge in the circle and seriously using the knowledge in the circle. The world envies, longs for, pursues what is outside their intellectual circle, and underestimates what is within their intellectual circle.

Everyone has their own hobby circle, hobbies are not unlimited, and things outside the circle are not things that they can't love. The so-called criticism is mistaken by the world as blaming things that they don't like, rather than inspecting things in the circle and seriously criticizing things in the circle. The world despises, rejects, and rebukes those who are outside their own circles, and cherishes those who are in their circles.

In the intellectual circle, the world is expensive and low. In the hobby circle, the world is expensive inside and outside. The people's hearts are like this, the world is like this, and there will be no social turmoil!

It has been 2,000 years since the collapse of the world of virtue. What is the result of the increasing emphasis on intelligence and information? The miasma of filthy smoke darkens the brilliance of the sun and the moon. The water is shallow and the trees are sparse, and the mountains and rivers are stolen. The climate is abnormal, wind and rain from time to time, cold and heat are uncertain. Not only human nature is distorted, but also the nature of birds, fish, and beasts, and even the stupid crawling worms and flying beetles have lost their nature. Love wisdom above, one thought, the world is chaotic like this. Since the abdication of the chiefs, the ascension of the king, and the beginning of the civilized era of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the policy formulated above has been to attach importance to intelligence, and it has been consistent for two thousand years. The honest and honest people don't love it.

They only love the bad guys who are dishonest and disrespectful. The indifferent and inactive wise man is not used above. They specialize in politicians who are eloquent but not practical. From the official to the people, the hustle and bustle of training people is heard everywhere. With this article alone, society is in chaos.