Zhuangzi: People who don't play by the rules.

There is a book called "Genius is on the left, Madman is on the right", which contains such a sentence:

If one day you see me crazy, you are actually crazy.

Between normal and abnormal, we use our own standards to evaluate each other. When we laugh at each other for not obeying secular rules, we never think about whether the standards we follow are normal or not.

There was a man in history who didn't follow the routine, but his thoughts subverted people's traditional concepts and cognition.

How can you know the happiness of a fish if the child is not a fish? Let us know that some things are beyond our comprehension. His "There are Fish in the North named Kun" tells us that there is a bigger world besides the one we see.

He is-Zhuangzi.

According to Historical Records, Zhuangzi's surname is Zhuang, Zhou and Zi Xiu. The world calls him Zhuangzi. He was a Mongolian in the Song Dynasty during the Warring States Period. He used to be a small official in charge of the paint garden in his hometown, and later retired soon.

Life in Zhuangzi is not rich, and it can even be described as poor. He doesn't have many friends, and his only friend is Keiko.

That's not the most important thing. Most importantly, Zhuangzi never thought according to normal logic, let alone lived according to normal lifestyle. His behavior is always puzzling.

Just like his reaction when his wife died

After Zhuangzi's wife died, Keiko went to pay her respects and saw Zhuangzi knocking and singing with a broom and basin.

Keiko was particularly angry after reading it and said, "Your wife has lived with you all her life. She raises children for you and takes care of the elderly. After your wife left, instead of being sad, you sang on the pot. Don't you think it's too much? "

Zhuangzi explained, "No, I was very sad when she just left. I just suddenly feel that there is no life in the world, not only no life, but also no form, not only no form, no breath. The universe was originally chaotic, but later it evolved into form and life. Now all this has disappeared. Just like the cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter, she lies quietly in the grave, and so do I now.

For a normal person, few people can treat their relatives calmly when they leave, and no one can understand this behavior. Even if they do, they will be considered crazy.

But all this, in Zhuangzi's view, is so normal and natural.

Living like a madman was never understood, but he never expected to be understood.

A person can be calm and wise, but when his wisdom makes his behavior beyond the emotional range of normal people, it will be understood as abnormal.

However, what is normal and what is crazy?

Just like Zhuangzi, he was never normal, but his thoughts were above the common customs.

Keiko was prime minister in Ren Liang, and Zhuangzi visited him. Someone said to Keiko, "Zhuangzi wants to replace you as prime minister."

Keiko was so scared that he searched the city for three days and nights, but he didn't see Zhuangzi.

Later, Zhuangzi appeared in front of Keiko and said to him, "There is a kind of bird in the south called Kun fish. It departs from the South China Sea and flies to the North Sea. On the way, except for the plane tree, other trees don't rest, and he doesn't drink other water except sweet spring water. "

At this time, an eagle caught a rotten mouse, looked up and saw the cub, and said, "Are you here to steal my picture?"

Hearing this, Keiko knew that he was oversensitive and indefensible, so he invited Zhuangzi to make amends at Haoshui Bridge.

Zhuangzi looked at the bridge, lost in thought, and said, "The fish are swimming around in the water, so happy."

Keiko wondered, "You are not a fish. How do you know the happiness of a fish? "

Zhuangzi asked again, "You are not me. How do you know that I don't know the happiness of fish? "

Keiko replied at this time: "I am not you, I definitely don't know what you are thinking, you are not a fish, you definitely don't know the happiness of fish, that's all, we don't need to defend anything."

Zhuangzi smiled and said, "That's going to be traced back to the source. You asked me,' How do you know the happiness of fish'. Since you asked, you already know' I know the happiness of fish'. "

The last two people still didn't figure out the problem, but it doesn't matter anymore.

Zhuangzi's spiritual world is rich, even richer than the secular, and his "crazy" feature is also the result of his excessively rich spiritual world.

However, compared with his spiritual world, his life is not only lacking, but also broken.

Zhuangzi weaves straw sandals for a living. Once he was really hungry and borrowed a bucket of rice from a friend who was a small official. His friend said to him, "No problem. I'll lend you 300 yuan when I get paid next month, ok? "

Zhuangzi said angrily, "When I came yesterday, I heard someone calling for help on the road. I took a look and found a small fish calling for help in a puddle run over by horses and chariots. I asked it,' Why are you yelling? Fish said,' I'm from the East China Sea and I'm dying. Now I just need a scoop of water to save me. Please help me. So I said,' No problem, I'll go to the south and ask King Wu Yue if I can come to Xijiang River to save you. Fish said angrily, "How can I wait so long?" You might as well let me die of thirst. ”"

In this way, Zhuangzi's words made this friend worthless.

However, Zhuangzi is also a wonderful work. He came to ask for help himself. I didn't expect to teach each other a lesson. In addition to Zhuangzi, probably no one can reach this absurd state.

In this life, we are always looking for a suitable standard, in order to make ourselves live better and conform to the rules of this world. We are always worried that we will be laughed at when we break the rules, but we don't know that when we break the rules, we also deviate from the original meaning of life.

Genius is on the left and madman is on the right. What is the significance of secularism when a person is ridiculed as a madman because he violates secularism?

We live not for others, but for our own hearts. What we should abide by most is not the rules, but the morality of life.

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Author | Mo Shu