551, Zhuangzi Outer Chapter "Tian Zi Fang" VIII

King Wen looked at Zang (1), saw a zhang person fishing (2), and its fishing Mo fishing (3); Non-holding fishing has anglers (4), often fishing also (5).

King Wen wants to give the government to him, and he is afraid of the minister's father and brother Fu'an (6); I want to release it in the end (7), but I can't bear the lawlessness of the people (8). So the doctor who belonged to Dan said (9): "In the past, the widow dreamed of a beloved (10), black and bearded (11), riding a barge horse and partial red hooves (12), and the number (13): 'Residence and government in Zangzhang (14), almost the people have miasma (15)! The great doctors suddenly said (16): "The first kings are also (17)." King Wen said: "Then it will be divided." The doctors said: "The order of the ancestors, the king has no other (18), what is the matter!" ”

Then he welcomed the government of Zang Zhang. There is no change in the code (19), and there is no partial order (20). In the third year, King Wen looked at the country, then the list of bad plants and scattered groups (21), the chief did not become virtuous (22), and the mantis did not dare to enter the four realms (23). If the group is scattered, then it is the same (24); If the ruler is not virtuous, he will also serve (25); If the mantis do not dare to enter the four worlds, the princes have no two hearts.

King Wen then thought that he was a master (26), and asked from the north (27): "Can the government reach the world (28)?" "Zang Zhangren is ignorant but should not (29), he is rash (30), he is ordered to escape at night (31), and he is unheard of for life.

Yan Yuan asked Yu Zhongni, "King Wen is still not evil (32)?" And why do dreams make dreams so good (33)? Zhong Ni said: "Mo, you have no words! King Fuwen is also exhausted (34), and what about stabbing (35)! He goes straight to Esusu (36). ”

[Notes]

(1) King Wen: King Wen of Zhou. Zang: Place name. Observation: Patrol.

(2) Zhangren: An honorific title for elderly men in ancient times. Fishing: Fishing. This fable is rewritten from Jiang Shang's story. Therefore, "Zhangren" does not refer to Jiang Shang.

(3) Fishing Mo Fishing: refers to the body is fishing, and the heart is not on fishing.

(4) Non-holding fishing: It is not for the purpose of fishing with a rod. There is an angler: It means that there is no fishing map, and it is not on the fish. (5) Frequent fishing: This is often the way to fish.

(6) Fuan: Uneasy. (7) Release: Waiver.

(8) Lawlessness: the meaning of losing the protection and protection of the king. (9) Dan: Morning. Genus: Collection.

(10) Xi: through "Xi", night. Beloved: A virtuous person.

(11) Beard, long whiskers on both cheeks.

(12) Barge horse: a horse with markings and variegated colors. Partial red hooves: Half of the hooves are red.

No. (13): Loud.

(14) Yu: sustenance. And: Tong "Er", you. Zang Zhangren: refers to the anglers that King Wen met in Zangdi.

(15) 庶几: 差不多,概。 瘳 (chōu): 病愈.

(16) 蹴 (cù) 然: the appearance of fear and anxiety.

(17) The first king: refers to King Wen's father, Ji Li, who was born with a black face and many beards, and liked to ride a variegated horse with markings. As soon as the king said in the scriptures, everyone thought that it was the dream of the first king. In this way, the use of Zangzhang people has become the will of the ancestors and cannot be violated.

(18) Without it: there is nothing suspicious. (19) Change: change; Alter.

(20) No partial decree has been issued: Half of the decree has not been issued. Sideways: sideways, sideways.

(21) Lieshi: A variety of scholars who were listed in the court, such as scribes, samurai, etc. Bad planting and scattering groups: groups that form parties for personal gain are disbanded. Planting: Cultivating.

(22) Not becoming virtuous: not establishing personal merits.

(23) 斔 (yù): also known as yu, measuring unit, six 斛 four buckets for yu. 斛 (hǘ): Measuring instrument unit. Ten buckets for Hu. Actually: the same place. This means that the measuring instruments of different standards used by the vassal states are not allowed to be brought into the territory.

(24) Shang Tong: still work together. (25) Tongwu: work together.

(26) Master: i.e., Taishi. The name of the military attaché is the supreme commander of the army. Big, through "too".

(27) Asking from the north: In ancient times, the monarch sat in the north and faced the south, and the ministers stood opposite the king. (28) and: Push and.

(29) Ambiguous: still silent. (30) Panran; Indifferent and unintentional.

(31) Retreat at night: In the morning, the decree is exercised, and in the evening it is goodbye.

(32) Yet: Refers to not being able to make a decision. (33) Serve dreams: Why pretend to be dreams?

(34) Exhaustion: It is done perfectly. (35) On thorns: arguments and accusations.

(36) Shun: Shun. Sisu: Shortly.

【Translation】

King Wen of Zhou was inspecting Zangdi and saw an elderly man fishing, but he was fishing but his heart was not on fishing, not for the purpose of fishing with a rod.

King Wen wanted to promote him and entrust the government to him, but he was worried that the ministers and the clan would be uneasy; I wanted to give up this idea, but I couldn't bear to let the people of the world lose the protection of the king. So early in the morning he gathered all the doctors and said, "Last night I dreamed of a very virtuous man, with a long black face and a long beard, riding on a motley horse with markings, and half of the four hooves were red, and he said to me in a loud voice: 'Entrust your court to the old man of Zangdi, and I am afraid that your people will be almost relieved of their suffering!'" The doctors were terrified and said, "This dreamer is the king's father!" King Wen said, "In that case, let's do divination." The doctors said, "This is the order of the first king, and the king does not need to think about it, so where is the use of divination?" ”

So he picked up the old man Zang Di and entrusted the government to him. The regulations of the old man of Zangdi have not been changed, and half of the decree has not been issued. Three years later, King Wen visited and inspected the country, and saw that all kinds of scholars in the court had formed a party and run a party for personal gain, and the governors at all levels no longer established personal merits, and the measuring instruments of different standards used by the vassal states did not dare to bring them into the territory. The group of parties and selfish people was dissolved, but they worked together; Governors at all levels no longer build up their personal merits, but work together; The measuring instruments of different standards used by the vassal states did not dare to be brought into the territory, and the princes did not have any dissenting intentions.

King Wen then worshipped the old man of Zangdi as a master, and stood facing the north with the courtesy of a minister and respectfully asked him: "Can such political affairs be implemented in the world?" The old man was silent, or he resigned carelessly, and in the morning he exercised the decree, and in the evening he said goodbye, and never heard from him again.

Yan Yuan asked Confucius, "Can't King Wen make his own decisions?" Why pretend to be a dream? Confucius said, "Shut up, don't say it again!" King Wen has done a very good job, how can you comment and accuse at will? He just adapted to the mentality of the crowd for a short time. ”

【Analysis】

By reading this fable, I have the following insights: First, King Wen of Zhou wanted to hire Zang Zhangren, but he pretended to be a dream when he could make the decision, and gathered all the doctors to agree, so as to conform to the mentality of everyone and skillfully turn his personal proposition into the will of everyone. A big thing is done naturally, naturally. The second is that after Zang Zhangren presided over the government, "there is no change in the code, and there is no partial order", but the country is governed in an orderly manner. It embodies the ideological concept of "ruling by doing nothing". The third is that when King Wen of Zhou worshiped Zang Zhangren as a prince, and stood up to the north with the courtesy of a minister and respectfully asked Zang Zhangren for advice on political affairs, Zang Zhangren was silent, or casually excused him, and said goodbye. This shows that Zangzhang people do not want to be controlled by others, do not want to be prosperous, and are not bound by foreign things. It shows the demeanor and discipline of the people who have attained the Tao and are steadfast and noble.