Zhuangzi Grand Master One

Those who know what the heavens do, those who know what people do, are the best! He who knows what heaven does is born of heaven; he who knows what man does, with what he knows, nourishes what he knows. Those who live all day and year without the middle way are the ones who know the shengye.

Although, there are problems. The husband knows that there is something to be waited for and then a pawn, and the person he is waiting for is particularly undecided, and he knows that what I call the heavens is not human? The so-called human nature?

And there are real people and then there is true knowledge. What is a real person? The true man of the ancients, not rebellious, not majestic, not a man. If so, he who passes by repents, but does not feel self-satisfied. If so, ascend to the heights without chestnut, into the water is not wet, into the fire is not hot. It is also true that those who know can ascend to the Tao are also like this.

The real people of the ancient world do not sleep and dream, their feelings are worry-free, their food is not willing, and their breath is deep. The breath of the real man is heeled, and the breath of the people is the throat. Whoever yields, his words are like wow. Those who are deep in their desires are shallow in nature.

To be able to know what heaven does, and to be able to know what man does, this is the ultimate knowledge! He who knows what heaven does can be sensitive to what is natural and natural; he who knows what man does can maintain reverence and fear for the unknown with what he knows. If a person can die all his life without being in the middle of the way, it is enough to prove that his knowledge is abundant.

Still, there are doubts. The premise of knowing heaven and knowing man is that it is possible to distinguish between heaven and man, but heaven and man have not yet been distinguished, so how can we know that what belongs to heaven cannot belong to man? Or can't what belongs to man belong to heaven?

It is precisely because of this that there are real people who may have true knowledge, and it is real people who distinguish between heaven and man, and between knowing heaven and knowing people. What kind of people are real people? The true people of the ancients, not rebellious, not majestic, go with the flow. All things come and go, go, flourish, and decline. Time is the course of life. If so, then there is no regret when it is over, and it is not self-satisfied when it is timely. If so, then ascend to the heights without fear, do not drown in the water, and do not heat up in the fire. This is because the true man is approaching the Tao, and he has both heaven and man.

Ancient true people, sleeping in Tranquility, waking up worry-free, their food is light, their breath is deep. The breath of the real person is transparent and deep, and the breath of the people is shallow and weak. Whoever succumbs to extravagance is not strong. Whoever has a deep lust has a shallow chance.

Notes

Those who live all day and year without the middle way are the ones who know the shengye

In fact, what is pursued here is only the simplest requirement of life: live well and live your own years. Don't be fooled by superficial complexity.

It is easy to let a few people live forever; but it is difficult to let the vast majority of people live forever. What the way of man seeks is to enable most people to live their own lives for the rest of their lives.

The way of man has always sought all beings, not an individual. As the Buddhists say, all sentient beings are exhausted and bodhisattvas are attesting.

Heaven and man must be clearly distinguished.

The division between heaven and man has been fiercely discussed in Song Ming's science and psychology.

Himalayan netizen lxbook: "Zhu Xi opposes heavenly reason and human desire, and Wang Yangming emphasizes that the human heart is heavenly reason, and knowledge and action are unified existence."

The difference between Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming is a copy of the difference between Zen Shenxiu and Huineng.

Mind learning the main one, the main union, the main quiet, the complexity into simplicity, belongs to the yin. The heart is sincere, and the knowledge is to the object.

The second master of science, the main point, the initiative, from less to more, belongs to the yang. Qualifications to know, sincerity and righteousness.

Zhou Dunyi Taijitu said that dynamic and static roots are mutually rooted, and yin and yang are embracing each other. The mind is the foundation of reason, reason is the end of the heart, and the end of the end is the beginning and the end. ”

And there are real people and then there is true knowledge

We are accustomed to true knowledge (truth, knowledge, intellect) as a natural existence, and then we really take it for granted.

Not male. "Male" has hegemony, might, strength, and the meaning of being indispensable. Take an absolute advantage and act according to the situation.

Not widowed. Take into account the weak.

"Not rebellious, not majestic, not unscrupulous" takes into account all parties, does not act strongly. Non-reversal, non-male, non-humility is a negative statement, if it is from the proof of the argument is smooth. Be compliant with all parties.

Conforming to all things is similar to the meaning expressed in "having something to do with something and not knowing its extremes." And further is what is said in the theory of homogeneous things to be "one with all things." From "The World on Earth" to "The Great Grandmaster", step by step to the peak.

Although it is true, in fact, this kind of conformity to all things has transcended people, and is not simply people-oriented and people-centered.

He who dwells in the source of all things has nothing to wait for. He who dwells in the source of all things does not interfere with all things. He who dwells in the source of all things is the same as the source of all things. If it is the source of all things, it is not a thing of all things. The Source, on which all things depend.

Non-intervention is for the Creator, for that ultimate. Individuals are not interfered with, but they are intervening with each other.

So there are layers to say. People can't learn the Tao of Heaven if they want to learn it, and they can only build their own humanity. Humanity and the Way of Heaven are two different things.

Zhuangzi does not interfere with people.

What is non-intervention, for example. Not interfering is to manage the birth and not to raise it, which I call release. It is self-sustaining, but still in the vastness of nature, but man is more capable than others to build a space of his own.

"Not rebellious, not majestic, not humble" is the embodiment of non-intervention.

The closer we are to the source of all things, the more we are to the source of all things, the more we do not wait for all things, and the less we intervene in all things.

Man's knowledge comes from man, and what is true is true. According to Zhuangzi, a real person is a person who is in harmony with heaven. Therefore, the real person is in harmony with man and with heaven. The unity of heaven and man is to know both heaven and man. There are real people and there is true knowledge, so there are real people and then there is true knowledge.

What kind of people are real people? Why do real people have true knowledge? What does true knowledge mean? These are the three questions that are most worth thinking about.

He knows both heaven and man. This is true knowledge.

Man awakens from nature and gains freedom from nature. Man also naturally inherits the way of nature. This may be the original God, the original Heavenly Dao.

The Tao has levels. The different levels of content are constantly merged, like the superposition of waves. Thus the Tao itself is a unity of heaven and man, a collection of the most objective and subjective contents.

Guodian Zhujian's "Poor Up to the Time" said, "There are people in the day, and there are people in the sky. Heaven and man are divided, and they know what they do. ”

"Zhou Yi Zhi ZhiXia" said, "Yi Zhi is also a book, the vast number of people are prepared, there is a heavenly way, there is a true way, there is a humane way."

The Zhou Yi Shu Gua Chuan says, "The works of the saints of the past, Yi Ye, will be based on the principle of life." It is the way of establishing heaven, known as yin and yang; the way of standing on the earth, known as soft and rigid; the way of establishing people, known as benevolence and righteousness. ”

The Xunzi Heavenly Treatise says, "Heavenly beings are constant, not for the sake of Survival, not for the sake of death." If it should be ruled, it will be auspicious, and if it should be chaotic, it will be fierce... Therefore, the distinction between heaven and man can be described as the most human. ”

The Five Patriarchs said, "The supreme bodhisattva must know his own heart and see his own nature. Not born and not destroyed, in all times, thinking of oneself, all laws without lag, one true and all true, all the worlds are free. If the heart is like this, it is true. If this is the case, it is the self-nature of the supreme bodhisattva. ”

This passage of the Five Patriarchs states what is true and is very enlightening. It's really the same thing that Zhuangzi conveys here.

Whether it is the content of heaven or the content of man, in man I think it can be called desire. Desire is a neutral content, but excessive desire is the root that harms people. "Those who desire deeply, their chances are shallow."

"Ascending to the heights is not chestnut, entering the water is not wet, entering the fire is not hot" is obtained from the heavens, which is in line with all things. "Not rebellious, not majestic, not wise" is also obtained from people and fits all sentient beings. "I don't know how to live, I don't know how to die" fits into wanhua. "Do not donate with your heart, do not help heaven with others" fit without losing yourself, do not ask for anything.

Water does not repel water, fire does not repel fire. Hiding the world in the world is in line with the world.

Over the time, when the time comes. All things come and go, go, flourish, and decline. Time is the course of life.

"When" is like another statement of "change" and "easy". But it's more about when it's time. Going with the flow is the same thing.

Eat, eat, consume energy. "Light" does not require much form of ingested content

Breathe, breathe. I am extended to the energy of life.

Being able to realize the most basic operation of life, being able to make full use of oneself with the help of the energy of heaven and earth, and fulfilling the potential of life, is an ultimate life individual.

The Grand Master begins by describing real people at such a large length. The connotation of a real person can actually be summed up in one sentence: "Heaven and earth are born with me, and all things are one with me."