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A wise man's heart is like a mirror: when a fortune teller meets an expert (Zhuangzi's The Emperor)

A wise man's heart is like a mirror: when a fortune teller meets an expert (Zhuangzi's The Emperor)

How to get real freedom of life from spiritual liberation can be said to be the core of Zhuangzi.

Although Zhuangzi is my favorite book, I will at least talk about it. This is because the biggest inspiration of this book is that many things in life can be forgotten, and forgetting is a kind of happiness and a way and realm to gain inner freedom, so I can forget this book.

However, when I encounter some life problems occasionally, I will still think of some inspirations given by stories or words in the book.

What has been ruminating recently is this sentence, "A person's heart is like a mirror, he will not welcome it, but he should not hide it, so that he can win things without hurting them."

Just like a mirror, the "Supreme One" never dominates or welcomes (does not expect) foreign things, but responds truthfully and does not let foreign things stay inside (does not recall or go back on our word), so we can observe everything in the world without any harm.

In other words, nothing in the world can hurt his mind.

"Jiang" is generally annotated as "send", which means "send to welcome", as opposed to "welcome". Said: "Will be handsome." Handsome and rate, general, leader and leader. Paragraph Notes: Shi Mao has many words: very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good. These or see "Erya", or not, are all based on the text. 」

Therefore, there are many explanations for the phrase "Jiang" in Zhuangzi, including "seeing off", but as far as the general idea of Zhuangzi is concerned, it is best to interpret it as "handsome with a handsome collar", which means leading. "No will" means that the human mind will not dominate external things, and intends to make external things conform to its own will.

Zhuangzi's statement is simple and easy to understand. It's not so easy to make your mind reach such a free state. Just like in real life, we always persuade our hurt relatives and friends to "put it down", "don't take it to heart" and "rest assured", it is the simplest truth, but it is the most difficult life practice.

The story of winning the emperor

This passage in "Zhuangzi" comes from the British emperor, and there is a very interesting story before and after this passage.

The previous paragraph is like this:

God Wu Zheng said that when the season is salty, knowing people's life and death will lead to a long life of 100 years, with a period of ten days. If God (). Zheng people see it and abandon it. Liezi was ecstatic when he saw it, and went home to sue the pot, saying, "At first, the way of the master was the most important, and then others were the most important." "Nothing said," you and I are both writers, but we are not writers in fact, but we are firm and harmonious. Many women have no men, but it's ridiculous. And with Tao and the world, you will trust your husband, so people will get you. Try to show it. 」

Tomorrow, Liezi will watch the pot with him. When he came out, he said, "Hey! Mr. Zi is dead! Fu is still alive! Don't count by ten days! I was surprised, but I was wet and gray. 」

Liezi went in, crying and touching his chin to tell the pot. Nothing said, "I showed it in the local language. It was lovely and not shocking. It is almost impossible to see my Dodd machine. Have a taste. 」

See you tomorrow. After coming out, he said to Liezi, "Fortunately, my husband met me! To live is to live! I saw his Du Quan. 」

Liezi went in and told the pot. Nothing says: "I show my hometown as a vast land. My name is not real, but my machine originated from my heel.". This is almost an opportunity to see my kindness. Have a taste. 」

See you tomorrow. When I came out, I said, "My husband is untidy, but I got nothing." Try it together and repeat it. 」

Liezi went in and told the pot. The pot said, "My hometown shows that it is too powerful to win. It's almost impossible to see my balance. The depth of trial is slow, the depth of trial is stopped, and the depth of trial is flowing. It's nine deep, and here are three. Have a taste. 」

See you tomorrow. If you hesitate, you go away. Nothing says, "Go after it! 」

Liezi can't catch up. On the contrary, I reported to the pot that "it has been destroyed, lost and blessed." 」

Nothing said: "My hometown told me that I left my family before I started. I pretended to be a snake, and I didn't know who it was. Because I thought my brother was weak, thought it was a wave, and ran away. 」

Then Liezi felt that he had never studied before and would not go out for three years. For the sake of his wife, he eats like a cannibal. It doesn't matter if you are close to relatives. It's simple and simple, but the shape of the building blocks is unique. Controversy is blocked, and one is the ending.

After this story, it is the sentence "to the heart":

Name a corpse by doing nothing, seek politics by doing nothing, serve by doing nothing, and know the Lord. The body is endless, but you can swim without me; Do what you can, but you can't see it, just empty. If a person's heart is a mirror, he won't welcome it, but he shouldn't hide it, so he can win things without hurting them.

Then this article ends with the story of "one day as governor, seven days as chaos".

The emperor of the South China Sea is Shu, the emperor of the North China Sea is negligent, and the emperor of the Central China is chaotic. Shu and suddenly meet in a chaotic place, and chaos is good for them. Shu He suddenly asked for the virtue of reporting chaos, saying, "Everyone has seven things to eat and listen to, and this is the only one. Try to chisel it. " One day, I cut a hole, and seven days later, I died in chaos.

When the fortune teller met the pot

The following is a rough translation of the first story:

In the ancient state of Zheng, there was a magical wizard named Ji Xian, who could see through a person's life and death at a glance and know when he would die.

But when Zheng people saw him, they all hid far away because they didn't want to know their own death date.

On the contrary, Liezi was fascinated by Ji Xian's Taoism. After seeing Ji Xian, he went back and told his teacher nothing: "I thought your Taoism was the best, but I didn't expect to see someone stronger than the teacher now." 」

The pot replied to Liezi: "What I taught you is only superficial, but it can't reach the entity of Tao." Are you really enlightened? " A flock of hens have no roosters. What's the use of eggs? You show off to the world with the Tao, and the world will believe you and make people see it. Please invite him to see my doctor. 」

Liezi invited Jixian to see the pot the next day. Before leaving, he told Liezi privately: "Your teacher is going to die! I can't live! In ten days, you will die. I saw his strange face, with a wet, dark sign of death. 」

Liezi turned and cried and told Teacher Guo that it was time to die. Nothing said: "I showed him geography just now, and it came out of nowhere." What he saw was probably my Dodd machine, which was to close the moral organ. Ask him to come again tomorrow. 」

The next day, Ji Xian came to see the pot again. After reading it, he told Liezi privately: "Your teacher was lucky to meet me, and he was finally saved." At present, the condition has improved and the vitality has improved. I saw the organ that blocked his life today. "(hey," smoke ",get well. )

Liezi then told the pot what Ji Xian said, and the pot said, "I showed him my' heaven and earth' just now, but my name can't be entered. The mechanism starts from the foot, so he may have seen this mechanism of mine. Continue inviting him tomorrow. (Press: The breath of a real person follows the heel. )

After reading the photos this time, he said to Liezi, "Your husband's face is very untidy and quite messy. I can't see his face. Ask him to fast, and I will try to visit his fate. 」

Liezi then conveyed Ji Xian's words to the pot, and the pot told Liezi: "What I just showed him was' too rushing to win', which was too empty to surpass. He may have seen my balancing machine. Sham Shui Po has nine names, and I'll show him three here. Invite him again tomorrow. 」

The next day, Ji Xian came to see the pot again. Before anyone could stand firm, Ji Xian was scared and fled. Nothing shouted, "Go after him! 」

Fierce son chased him, but couldn't catch him. When I came back, I said to the pot, "It's gone, I can't catch up. 」

Nothing said, "What I just showed him was' I didn't leave my patriarch'. I gave him emptiness, as if there were only traces of snakes and no shadows of snakes, so he didn't know who I was at all. Once he thought he saw a bunch of rotten noses, and once he thought it was the flow of water waves, he ran away. 」

This incident made Liezi realize that he, he didn't even start the road of learning Tao. So I went home and stayed indoors for three years, helping my wife cook and raising pigs like foster care. I don't care about anything, remove all external decorations and return to the simplest essence. My body stands like a big stone, seemingly disorganized and untidy, so I die of old age.

What did Ji Xian see?

Zhuangzi's story vividly depicts the fortune teller's ugliness. Look at the four stages of Ji Xian's visit to the pot. Is it like the fortune teller's usual way of connecting the past and the future?

Threat: Mr. You is hopeless and dying.

Marketing: I was lucky to meet you. I'm saved! In modern times, the numerology teacher began to put forward the delivery plan and price list. )

Discharging: Don't start cutting until the money is full. I want to save you, but you have to work hard yourself! Look at you, now even I may have no choice, go back to fasting and doing good! The explanation is all your problem, not the teacher's.

Escape: If the scam is exposed or about to be exposed, hide it immediately.

But here is a rather interesting question.

What did Ji Xian see and was scared away? Most interpreters make a fuss about the local language, the earth or the balance machine, but the key to the explanation lies in the "application" immediately after this story:

Name a corpse by doing nothing, seek politics by doing nothing, serve by doing nothing, and know the Lord. The body is endless, but you can swim without me; Do what you can, but you can't see it, just empty. If a person's heart is a mirror, he won't welcome it, but he shouldn't hide it, so he can win things without hurting them.

Don't be a puppet of fame, a mansion with hidden intentions, a burdensome task or a master of knowledge. Realize that heaven and earth are endless and swim in a world without warning. Try your best to inherit the gift from heaven, and you don't need to get anything from the outside world. If you do, it's just emptiness. Even people regard their hearts as mirrors, neither dominating nor welcoming foreign objects. Foreign objects come, respond truthfully, and don't exist, so they can do everything without any damage.

The pot is the "most human" here. Since he looked at his heart as a mirror, it was Ji Xian himself, not the face or heart of the pot: in fact, the heart of the pot was empty, and Ji Xian could not see anything.

Annotators almost always describe "Miti" and "Liu Bo" as the fields of monasticism, which is actually incorrect. This is Ji Xian's ego, and suddenly it looks like a rotten nose (my brother is regarded as a tear), and suddenly it looks like water drifting with the tide.

So Jixian ran away, because he saw that his true face was so ugly in the pot, so he was scared by himself.

Learning is growing, while Tao is losing.

The "heart" here, in a broad sense, refers to all problems in the spiritual or spiritual field. Zhuangzi's so-called "sadness" is more similar to what we say today, but it also includes what we often say.

To put it another way, no sadness describes the freedom of mind and spirit, so that people's hearts can play back freely, will not be infected and influenced by foreign objects, and always remain calm and bright, like a mirror, without expecting or recalling what is reflected.

After actually witnessing the teacher's way, Liezi went home and began to live a very low-key, humble and simple life, forgetting all secular names (such as husband and wife, * * *) and treating everything equally. Compared with the previous high-profile "learning from the Tao and prospering the world", Liezi even treated pigs as human beings, and finally reached a state of silence.

There are other different descriptions of the similar realm in Zhuangzi, such as dead wood and stupefaction. However, most of these descriptions of monastic realm are misinterpreted as negative idioms.

Finally, the story of "knowing one thing in one day and dying in seven days" is a negative example, telling us what not to do:

The emperor of the South China Sea is Shu, the emperor of the North China Sea is negligent, and the emperor of the Central China is chaotic. Shu and suddenly meet in a chaotic place, and chaos is good for them. Shu He suddenly asked for the virtue of reporting chaos, saying, "Everyone has seven things to eat and listen to, and this is the only one. Try to chisel it. " One day, I cut a hole, and seven days later, I died in chaos.

Chaos represents the untimely road of people's hearts, and it is inherent in people. As long as you return to your original naive nature, then it is the avenue. What I said here is similar to what I said: "Five colors are blind, five tones are deaf, five tastes are cool, hunting is crazy, and goods are rare." 」

On the other hand, if you can't do anything, then you can get enlightenment. This is also the effort of "doing nothing, losing everything".

Monasticism is completely different from our general study. Laozi said, "Learning is not refined, but Tao is not refined. Loss and loss lead to inaction. Generally speaking, when we learn anything, we must work hard and work harder to increase the talents and knowledge we lack, so we "learn more". "

But for the sake of Taoism or monasticism, find your own truth, peel off everything imposed on you the day after tomorrow, and return to this truth, just like your innocence when you were born. It's just that people have been shaped by this world since they were born. "Dig a hole every day and die in seven days."

"Seven" seems to have a special meaning in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, such as the Bible. Genesis records that it took God seven days to create the world, and now the solar calendar takes seven days as a week (that is, a cycle). The divination in Zhouyi says "come back in seven days", which also means a cycle of seven days. In addition, the phrase "don't chase, you can get it in seven days" means that what you have lost doesn't need to be pursued again, and you can get it back after a cycle, which means that time is the best cure. Therefore, "seven" is not only the time significance of a cycle and cycle, but also a symbol of creativity.

For Taoism, man-made "creation" is the "destruction" of Tao.

On the other hand, as we often say, "we can't go back", it seems impossible for us to return to the innocence of infancy.

As far as cultural society is concerned, it is wishful thinking for human civilization to return to the simplicity of ancient infancy. However, from the point of view of human spirit, this contradiction and impossibility is desirable, but its "desirability" is realized by a paradox method of "impossibility".

This is also the "inaction", "no desire", "opposition" and "the loss of Tao" mentioned by Laozi in Tao Te Ching, and the "forgetting" kung fu often mentioned in Zhuangzi.