585, Zhuangzi's miscellaneous "Xu Wu Ghost" I

"Xu Wugui" is based on the name of the person. This is another long story in the Zhuangzi, consisting of more than a dozen unrelated stories with a small amount of discussion. The whole story is very mixed, and there is a lack of connection between the stories, but most of them advocate the idea of non-action.

This article is divided into 14 parts according to the content of the narration, which are annotated, translated into the vernacular, and appreciated

[Original text 1-1]

Xu Wugui saw Wei Wuhou (1) because of the female businessman, and Wuhou Lao Zhi said (2): "Mr. is sick (3)!" Suffering from the labor of the mountains and forests (4), it is willing to be seen in the widow. Xu Wugui said: "I work for you, what do you work for me!" The king will be full of desire (5), long likes and dislikes (6), and the love of life will be sick (7); The king will dethrone the old (8) and dislike (9), then the ears and eyes will be sick. I will work for you, and you will work for me! "Wuhou is transcendent, wrong (10).

[Notes]

(1) Xu Wugui: personal name. The surname is Xu, the name is no ghost, and he is a hermit in Wei. Cause: Dependent. Businesswoman: Name of person. The surname is a woman, a famous businessman, and a favorite of Wei Jun. Wei Wuhou: Mingzhen, the son of Wei Wenhou.

(2) Lao: consolation. (3) Illness: drowsiness; Exhaustion. (4) Labor: labor, fatigue.

(5) Profit: satisfaction. Desire: i.e. "lust". Hobbies and desires. Mostly refers to the desire for bodily and sensory pleasures. (6) Long: grow. Likes and dislikes: Refers to likes and dislikes.

(7) Affection: refers to the above-mentioned "desires, likes and dislikes". (8) Dethroned: removed. (9) 掔 (qiān): that is, to abandon.

(10) Detachment: still "stunned", if there is a loss.

【Translation】

Xu Wugui relied on the recommendation of a businesswoman to meet Wei Wuhou. Wu Hou comforted him and said, "Sir must be very tired! I was tired from the mountains and forests, so I was willing to come to see me. Xu Wugui said: "I'm here to comfort you, what reason do you have to comfort me!" If you want to satisfy your desire for enjoyment, increase your likes and dislikes, then your life-related desires, likes and dislikes will be exhausted; You have to abandon your desires and desires, and you have to give up your likes and hates, and then the fatigue of your ears and eyes will be gone. I was about to come and comfort you, what do you have to say to me! Wu Hou was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't answer.

[Original text 1-2]

Shaoyan, Xu Wugui said: "Taste Yujun (11), I am a dog." The quality of the lower is full and stops (12), and it is the raccoon dog (13); If the quality of the middle is the sun (14), if the quality of the upper is the death of one (15). I am a dog, but I am not as good as a horse. I am a horse, the straight one is in the rope (16), the one who is bent is in the hook, the square one is in the moment, and the round one is in the rule, which is the national horse (17), and not if the world is also a horse. There is success in the world (18), if the mercy is lost (19), if one of them is lost, if it is, it is beyond the dust (20), I don't know where it is. Wuhou smiled happily.

[Notes]

(11) Taste: Try. Language: Tell.　(12) Quality: quality. Executive: In charge.

(13) Raccoon dog: wild cat. De: Nature. (14) Looking at the sun: gazing at the sun.

(15) Death: through "forgetting". One: All. (16) Middle rope: close to the ink line

(17) National horse: that is, the good horse in the country. (18) Finished material: Naturally generated material.

(19) If you are sorry for it: it seems to be worried and it seems to be nothing. Shirt (xù): Worried.

(20) Super Yi: It is said to surpass Gunma. Yi, originally meaning rut, here refers to Gunma. Absolute dust: does not touch the ground, describing Mercedes-Benz speed.

【Translation】

After a while, Xu Wugui said, "I'll try to tell you how I behaved like a dog." Dogs of inferior quality just need to fill their stomachs, which is the same nature as wild cats; Middle-quality dogs always seem to be staring at the sun, and high-quality dogs always seem to have forgotten their own existence. I'm a dog, and I can't compare to my horse's ability. I look at the shape of the horse, the straight part fits the ink line, the curved part fits the hook arc, the square part fits the angle ruler, and the round part fits the compass, such a horse is a good horse in the country, but it is not as good as the best horse in the world. The best horses in the world have natural materials, and they seem to be worried and seem to be uneventful, always like they have forgotten their own existence. Horses like this, when galloping, overtake the herd of horses and fly like flying, and soon disappear without a trace," Wei Wuhou laughed happily when he heard this.

[Original text 1-3]

Xu Wu came out, and the female businesswoman said: "How can Mr. Du say that I am a gentleman (21)?" Therefore I say that I am the king, and when I say it, I use poetry, books, and music (22), and from what I say, I use gold plates and six towers (23), and there are not many people who have made great contributions to the service, and my king has not spoken of it (24). Why does Mr. Jin say that I am so, so that I can say that this is the case? ”

Xu Wugui said: "I tell my dog and horse ears (25)." The businesswoman said, "If so?" He said, "Don't you hear the people of the husband and the more (26)? Go to the country for a few days (27) and rejoice in what he knows (28); Go to the country in the tenth month, and see what you have tasted in the country; and the period of the year (29), and the joy of seeing the man (30); Don't you also go to people for a long time (31), thinking about people deeply? The husband flees from the void (32), the quinoa pillar is like the weasel (33), the stumbling is empty (34), the sound of people's feet is stumbling and rejoicing (35), and the relatives of Kundi are scolding their side (36)! For a long time, don't use the words of a real person to ridicule my side! ”

[Notes]

(21) Du: Judas "but", Fangcai. Said: "Yue". (22) horizontal: wide; Spacious.

(23) From: ancient with "vertical". "The Golden Plate": the title of the book. "Liutao": The title of the book, that is, "Liutao", is the art of war made by Taigong. (24) Enlightenment: refers to opening the mouth and laughing.

(25) Straight: But, that's it. (26) Yue: Yue Guo. Exile: A person who is in exile.

(27) To go to the country: to leave one's own country. (28) Knowing: Acquaintance.

(29) 期 (jī) year: the first anniversary. (30) Human-like: Like-like people in the country. (31) Zi: healing.

(32) Void: refers to an empty and uninhabited wilderness.

(33) Quinoa (lídiào): Refers to weeds. 柱：塞。 鼪鼬 (shēng yòu): Weasel.

(34) Stagger: stumbling. Walking unsteadily, stumbling.

(35) 跫 (qióng) ran: the appearance of joy.

(36) 謦欬 (qǐng kài): cough, here extended to laugh. Side: Side.

【Translation】

After Xu Wugui came out of Wei Wuhou, the businesswoman asked him, "Sir, how did you make our monarch so happy?" The method I used to make the king happy, from a distance, was to introduce him to poetry, books, rituals, and music, and from a distance, to talk to him about the art of war. There are countless people who have served the king and made great achievements, and the king has never had a smiling face. Now, sir, how did you please the monarch and make him so happy? ”

Xu Wugui said: "I just told him how I am a dog and a horse." The businesswoman said, "Is that it?" Xu Wugui said, "Haven't you heard the story of the people who went into exile in Yue? It had only been a few days since they left their homeland, and they were very happy to see their old friends; After leaving his homeland for more than ten days, he was overjoyed to see people he had seen in his homeland before; After a year, anyone who seems to be from their homeland will be ecstatic. Doesn't this mean that the longer you leave your deceased, the deeper your affection will be? People who flee to the open field, the weasel is blocked by the weeds, and they can only stumble in the gaps in the weeds, and they are happy when they hear the footsteps of people, not to mention the brothers and relatives who are laughing around? It's been a long time, and no one has laughed at the monarch with the simple words of a real person! ”

【Analysis】

The first part is mainly written about the countless ministers who served Wei Wuhou, but no one ever made Wei Wuhou happy. And Xu Wugui actually used the technique of Xianggou Xiangma to arouse the joy of Wei Wuhou. The moral of this is to show that only by forgetting things and forgetting oneself can a person truly achieve freedom and happiness.