Ancient language: The tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not stopping, and the son wants to raise and kiss and not to be treated. The tree must be still, but the wind will not stop blowing it and shaking, and the objective existence and development of things in this world are not subject to the will of man. The passage of time is the same, and it does not stop according to personal wishes, do not wait until the old age does not return to time, and then suddenly wake up.
Stop, is a single hieroglyph, like the shape of the soles and toes of a person, the original meaning refers to the human foot, and by extension refers to the toe, this meaning was later written as the toe. Because the foot is at the bottom of the human body, so the extension can refer to the foundation, which is what the "Shuowen Jiezi" said about "stop, the lower base also", this meaning was later written as the site, the base. By moving through the movement of the feet, man can go anywhere, so that cessation also has the meaning of to, to come, to come, and thus to extend, with the meaning of stopping, static, with the meaning of staying, staying, with the meaning of residence, place, with the meaning of prohibition, removal, in addition, stop can also mean tolerance, behavior. These meanings, after the differentiation of toes, addresses, and symbion, become the main meanings of the word stop.
Tao Yuanming has a very interesting poem, "Stop Drinking", which runs through the whole poem here, which can be said to contain various meanings that are commonly used:
Stay in the second city, idle and idle.
Sit in the shade and stop in the doorway.
Good taste stop garden aoi, big joy stop childish.
There is more than wine in life, and there is no joy in stopping wine.
Twilight is restless, and morning cannot be lifted.
Day after day, the camp guards stopped.
He who knows nothing is unhappy, and does not believe in self-interest.
The beginning is the end of the good, and the present is the end of the true.
From now on, it will stop at Sangsang.
Qing Yan stops sleeping, xi stops thousands of rituals.
This is a compound poem, and each sentence of the poem has a "stop", and in this short 100 words, 20 "stops" appear. The content of the poem is mainly that because drinking hurts the body, Tao Yuanming decided to "stop drinking" (quit drinking), but because he likes to drink, he has made a lot of effort to quit drinking, such as not being able to sleep peacefully at night, and getting up late when he stops drinking in the morning. Humorous and witty, it's funny to read.
Lao Tzu said: "Contentment is not humiliating, knowledge is not lost, it can last a long time." "The so-called knowledge of not dying means that it knows how to stop in moderation and can avoid danger." Regarding the word "knowing and stopping", there are two meanings, one is to aim at reaching the state of the highest good, the "University" says the way of the university, and the last sentence is "stopping at the highest good", stopping at the highest good, which means that when you stop at the place where the supreme good is, you know where the most good is, you know where the goal is, and you know where to stop, then the mind is oriented, "knowing that there is concentration and then there is concentration, and then it can be still." Another meaning is to know how to stop at the right time and be content. In the face of temptation, it is not easy for the heart to stop the water, and sometimes we need to pursue non-stop, such as learning endlessly, but sometimes, we need to know.
Life is always short and regrettable, there are always things that cannot be done, there are always things that cannot be obtained, so whenever you recall it, even if you do not feel regret, there will be times when you feel sorry, and it is not easy to know. But people always have to know, not satisfied, not knowing, coveting the world, coveting power and wealth, but they will not let themselves be satisfied, so the "Han Shi Wai Biography" said: "Those who are greedy for things and do not know the end, although the world is not rich." ”
Knowing is not to make people not think of making progress and be satisfied with the status quo, but to teach people to understand the principle of doing what they do and stopping when they stop. If we put knowledge and contentment together, there is no doubt that knowledge is better than contentment. Because contentment comes from the satisfaction given to the outside world, and knowledge is more important in one's own realization, knowing when to come, knowing when to go, knowing when to stop, knowing when to let go. Even if you are no longer willing, no longer willing, you know that it is time to stop, so you stop and stop here.
Physics says conservation of energy, but life is not like this. If you want to get, you have to give, if you want to harvest, you have to work hard, sometimes fate may be generous and give you a lot, but the generosity of fate is not a reason for greed, and there will always be a day when you need to repay too much.
Knowing is precious. Only by understanding the cessation and knowing the cessation can one truly know the "cessation". (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, State Supervision Commission website Shi Xixi)