In my lifetime, a book, I chose, read "Zhuangzi".
If "Shi Ji" is "the great singing of historians and the departure of no rhyme", then "Zhuangzi" is "the great achievement of The Taoists, the Han Endowment of No Hai". His ideas can be described as vast, seemingly grotesque and absurd, but profound in meaning; his writing can be described as magnificent, seemingly humorous and witty, but his words are timeless. Just as the ancients said, "If you don't read "Lao" and "Zhuang" for three days, your tongue is strong. ”
Zhuangzi was named Zhou, a Mongol of the Song Dynasty (northeast of present-day Shangqiu County, Henan). The Song Dynasty belonged to the State of Wei during the Warring States period, and the State of Wei was in Daliang, so it was also called 'Liang'. The "Records of History" says that he was contemporaneous with King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, according to the "Zhuangzi Tian Zifang" and "Xu Wu Ghost" two articles in Wei Wenhou and Wu Hou, while the "Zeyang" and "Qiushui" chapters directly called Liang Huiwang's name, also known as Gongzi, "Shanmu" also called Wang, "Health Lord" called Wen Huijun, it seems that he was probably born in the last leaf of Wei Wu marquis, and now it is presumed that it is the first year of King Zhou Lie (375 BC). The year of his death, Ma Sulun, is presumed to be the twentieth year of the Zhao King (295 BC), which is roughly good.
Zhuang Zhou himself was poor all his life and lonely all his life, "Zhuangzi Foreign Objects" said that he was "poor in his family, so he went to borrow money from Jianhe Hou", and the "Shanmu" article said that he "made up for it with a large cloth (coarse cloth), and tied his shoes (shoes) (shoes) and passed the King of Wei". Whether these two stories are fables or not is unknown, but taking a poor and sour portrayal on Zhuang Zhou's body will never wrongfully accuse him. We know that a person with a little intelligence, at that time, it was very common to make friends with the prince and earn some fame and fortune. The "Chronicle of History" states that Zhuangzi "has all-encompassing knowledge" and that "the book of goodness is dissociated (writing articles), referring to things like situations, and using plagiarism (attack) Confucianism, although the study of the world cannot be relieved of itself.". Zhuangzi's erudition and ability were not weaker than anyone's, and it was not that no one consulted him at that time, but his temper was too strange, and he would not mix with them, and did not want to mix with them.
It is said that the king of Chu Wei sent two doctors to hire him as a minister, and he made a big comment and ordered them to leave. The "Chronicle of History" also says that he worked as a lacquer garden official, which was mostly for the sake of subsistence. The office of an official is really too small to be a eunuch, but it also has the advantage of not endangering one's identity and depriving one of one's freedom. Zhuangzi just refused to do things all his life, probably as a small official, in Zhuangzi's view, it was a concession to the maximum. According to his own doctrine, it is not necessary to do things, and it is not only a question of whether a person is willing to do it, but also a question of a philosophy of life. But I think it was an indignant rhetoric, and didn't his honest words have already been told to the emissaries of the King of Chu? "Zi Du does not see the cattle (cattle used for sacrifice) in the suburbs? For a few years of food, clothes embroidered with literature, to enter the temple, when it is, although it wants to be a lone dolphin (piglet), how can it be? ”
Another time, there was a man named Cao Shang in the Song Kingdom who sent an envoy to the Qin Kingdom for the King of Song, and when he first went, he got a few rides of Feng Lu, and the King of Qin was happy and added to the hundred multipliers. When this man came back, he met Zhuangzi and boasted about his skills, and guess how Zhuangzi answered him? "The king of Qin is sick and summons a doctor." Those who break the car and break the acne get one car (read shèng, the ancient call of the military car is one ride), and the licking (licking) hemorrhoids get five times, and the more they are cured, the more they get the car. Will the Son cure his hemorrhoids? How many cars are there? Son! The words were too sarcastic, but the atmosphere of the eunuchs at that time could be imagined. In that case, even if Zhuangzi wanted to do something, how could he fold his knots and do it?
Zhuangzi has pursued a leisurely swim all his life, and he is fascinated by the land of nothing, not shackled by fame and fortune, not bound by trivialities, living out his true self, living a brilliant life! The text of Bingwei was imitated by the literati and inkers of all generations, and the way of the void was admired by the princes and nobles of all generations. The first reading of the book "Zhuangzi" is indeed obscure and bizarre, and then reading it makes people have no worries, physically and mentally removes tiredness, making people suddenly cheerful, and suddenly! Such as depression constipation in a moment; such as a hundred days of obscurity in a rising sun; such as ten years of doubts in an epiphany! Born with the book "Zhuangzi", then the 'five cars' can be burned! Wow Zhuangzi! Holy House! Miao", "Zhuangzi"!