What does the purple flying fish mean?

The original words of Zifeiyu are "Zifeiyu knows the happiness of fish", which means that if you are not a fish, how can you know the happiness of fish?

Zifei Fish comes from Zhuangzi's Autumn Water in Zhuangzi.

Zhuangzi and Keiko are swimming on the Haoliang River. Zhuangzi said, "Fish come out leisurely, so why not?" Keiko said, "You are not a fish. How can you know that fish are happy?" ? Zhuangzi said, "You are not me. How do you know that I don't know that fish are happy?" " ? " Keiko said: "I am not a son, I really don't know my son;" Zi Gu is not a fish, but he doesn't know the happiness of fish. " Zhuangzi said, "Please follow its source. Confucius said, "You know a lot about fish." He asked me because he knew what I knew. I know it very well. "

The background of the story is Zhuangzi and Keiko playing together on Haoshui Bridge. Zhuangzi looked at the free fish in the lake and said, "Fish swim freely in the water. How carefree and happy they are. " Keiko replied: "You are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of fish?" Hearing this, Zhuangzi replied, "You are not me either. How do you know that I don't know the happiness of fish? " Keiko then replied, "I'm not you, so I don't know you." You are not a fish, so you don't know fish. " Zhuangzi continued: "Let's go back to the original topic. How do you think I know the happiness of fish? If you ask this question, it means that you have admitted that I know the happiness of fish, so you will ask me how I know that I look at fish by good water, so I know that fish are happy. " This is the complete story of Purple Flying Fish.

Zhuangzi and Keiko were famous debaters in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhuangzi refutes Keiko's point of view with the method of contradiction theory, insisting that he can know the happiness of fish. Zhuangzi and Keiko continued to deepen the debate, and they had a wonderful debate. This is the debate in Haozhou.

The beauty of this debate lies in its infinite charm besides the debate between two people, which deserves careful scrutiny. Keiko argues from the perspective of cognitive theory that people are not fish and don't know the happiness of fish. Zhuangzi demonstrated from an artistic point of view that human happiness is the happiness of fish.

Through this debate, we can know that we should not speculate on other people's ideas at will, but also stick to our own beliefs. In fact, even a fish, can you know the happiness of a fish? Do all the people in the world know the fun of being a man? We should proceed from reality and don't look at things around us with our own eyes.