Liu Zongyuan (773–819), courtesy name Hou, was a tang dynasty native of Hedong (present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi), an outstanding poet, philosopher, Confucianist, and statesman, and one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties. There are "Liuhe East Collection". Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu were both leading figures in the Middle Tang Dynasty ancient Chinese movement and were called "Han Liu". In the history of Chinese culture, his poetry and literary achievements are extremely outstanding, which can be described as indistinguishable for a while.
We have learned from elementary school that we have memorized his "thousand mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear." Lonely boat, fishing alone in the snow of the Cold River. ("Jiang Xue"), as well as "Little Stone Pond", "Snake Catcher Says" and so on. Today, let's enjoy a unique article by Liu Zongyuan, "The Legend of the Scorpion".
"Manta rays, good bearers also." When you encounter something, you hold it and take it, and you bear it. The heavier the back, although the trapped drama is more than that. Its back is very astringent, the accumulation of materials is not scattered, and the servants cannot get up. Man or mercy, for the sake of his guilt. He can do it, and he holds on to it as he always did. And so high, so powerful that he fell to the ground and died.
The addicts of this world do not shy away from the goods, but thicken their rooms, do not know that they are tired for themselves, lest they not accumulate. and its slackness, abandonment, and migration, and illness. Gou can get up, but not Ai. Day by day, he thinks high in his position, great in his power, and greed is even worse, so that he is close to danger, and he looks at the death of the front, and does not know the precepts. Although its shape is large, its celebrities are also, and the wisdom is also a small worm. Enough mourning! ”
Here is just a translation of the first paragraph:
A scorpion is a small insect that loves to carry things. When crawling, I always like to grab something on my back. As a result, the back gets heavier and heavier, and I am very tired and do not stop. The back of the scorpion is very astringent, and things will not be scattered when piled up, and in the end it will always be overwhelmed and unable to climb up. Someone took pity on it and removed the things on its back for it. But if the scorpion can crawl, it will still be cute and carry things up. This little worm likes to climb to a high place, and refuses to stop with all its strength, so that it falls and falls to the ground.
Everyone looks at this cockroach is not a very interesting and ridiculous little thing, it is true. However, this is of course a fable by Liu Zongyuan, and the cockroach is also a fabrication. But if you think about it, there are too many things like cockroaches, such as some people. Happy to bear the weight of good climbing, repeatedly falling, until death to rest, this is a scorpion; happy fame and fortune to climb up, unscrupulous, until death party rest, this is some people.
Money is not much, millions want to be tens of millions, millions want to billions, billions of dollars still have to compete for rankings; beautiful women are afraid of not much, outside the wife, two milks, three milks, four milks, five milks, more, night and night when the groom is not loud; fame is afraid of not sound, from the township to the county, from the county to the city, from the city to the province, so that the whole country, the whole world; the power is not big, from managing a few people to hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, or even more, there is never a time to be full. Those little flies and big tigers, which one is not so? And from the bottom of my heart, how many people who have not become fly tigers are not full of this desire?
Zhuangzi has a saying, "The wren nests in the deep forest, but it is only a branch; the mole drinks the river, but the belly is full." In this life, there are not many things that people really need, they can't lie on a bed of seven feet, they can't hide a seven-foot cave, how much can they eat in a meal, how much can they wear? When you come, you cry, and when you go, you go empty-handed.
However, people's desires are endless, the so-called desires are difficult to fill, and the human heart is not enough for snakes to swallow elephants. How often people live for desires, are burdened by desires, and even become slaves to desires without knowing it. Like this scorpion, with its back and back, crawling and crawling, until it falls to its death and does not wake up, is it not sad?
Advise Jun Mo to learn the cockroach delusion,
The weight is not tired.
Fame and fortune are greedy,
Huangquan Road regretted it late.