The Frog and the Snake Original text: The frog sat by the well and saw the snake crawling at the bottom of the well. He asked,"Mr. Snake, what are you doing here?" The snake replied,"I will wait for the sun to rise before I can come out." The frog replied,"What's the use of doing this?" Even if you wait until the sun rises, you won't be able to ascend to become an immortal!" Meaning: This story tells us that everyone has their own goals and wishes, but they don't necessarily have to act according to the expectations of others. Some people might wait a long time to achieve their goals, but they might not be able to get the results they wanted. On the contrary, if one's goal was clear and they could take immediate action, then it was possible to realize their dreams faster.
There are many fables about Chuang Tzu. The following is one of them: Original text: Drum, Basin, and Zither Diao Meaning: It is a metaphor for people to deceive others in order to achieve their own goals.
There were many idioms in fables, including fox borrowing tiger's might, Lord Ye likes dragon, painting a snake and adding feet, waiting for rabbits, deceiving oneself, carving a boat for a sword, making up the numbers, making up for the lost sheep, frog at the bottom of the well, self-contradiction, and so on. These idioms all originated from fables and conveyed certain truths or lessons through the plot of the story.
The original text of Xinzhai came from Zhuangzi's Human World. Through the dialogue between Confucius and Yan Hui, Chuang Tzu explained the meaning of Xinzhai. Yan Hui asked Confucius how he could be free. Confucius replied that he had to fast and clear his mind, that is, fast. The so-called heart fasting referred to withdrawing one's attention and not being disturbed by all kinds of thoughts, allowing the heart to be in a state of emptiness. In this state, one could sense everything and observe the changes in their body and mind. The goal of Xinzhai was to achieve the Selfless Realm and become one with all things in the world. Chuang Tzu believed that the mind was the realm that the spirit of life should have, and it was also one of the most basic temperament requirements of freehand painting.
One of the original texts in Zhuangzi was: It's better to forget each other in Jianghu than to help each other in drizzle.
The man who knows what heaven does and what man does has reached the peak! He who knows what heaven does is born by heaven; He who knows what man does is to use what he knows to nourish what he knows not, and to live out his life without dying in the right way. This is the prosperity of knowledge. Although there is a disaster. Know what to wait for, and then appropriate, what to wait for is not determined. How can you know that I say heaven is not man? Is man not God? Besides, only when there is a real person can there be true knowledge. What is a true person? In ancient times, the true people did not oppose the few, did not become heroes, and did not plan for the wise. If this is the case, it is a mistake and no regret, a mistake and no self-satisfaction. In this way, people do not feel afraid when climbing high, do not feel wet when entering water, and do not feel hot when entering fire. From this we can see that those who can ascend the Tao are like this. In ancient times, true people slept without dreaming, woke up without worry, ate with unwillingness, and breathed deeply. True people breathe with their heels, and people breathe with their throats. Those who surrender will speak like wailing. Those who are old and want to be strong are weak in nature. In ancient times, true people did not know how to explain life and how to hate death. When they go out, they do not stop, and when they go in, they do not stop. It's just a matter of going and coming. Don't forget where you started, don't pursue where you ended. Accept and rejoice, forget and recover. This is called not to abandon the Tao with the heart, not to help heaven with people, this is called a real person. If this is the case, then the mind, the face, the face, the forehead. Sad as autumn, warm as spring, joy and anger all four seasons, and things are appropriate, but do not know its limit. Therefore, the sage uses troops to subjugate the country without losing the hearts of the people. He gives benefits to all generations, not for the sake of loving the people. Therefore, it is not a saint to be happy and familiar with all things. It is not benevolence to have kinship. It is not a wise man to be able to adapt to the weather. It is not a gentleman to be indifferent to interests. It is not a scholar to lose his own reputation. It is not a servant to lose his own integrity. For example, Hu Bukai, Wu Guang, Bo Yi, Shu Qi, Jizi, Xu Yu, Ji Ta and Shen Tudi are people who serve others and adapt to others, but do not adapt to their own conditions. In ancient times, the true people, their appearance and righteousness are not close, as if they are not enough and do not bear; They are like Gu but not firm, like Zhang but empty but not gorgeous; They are like joy, like Cui Cui but they have no choice. It is either to improve my beauty or to restrain my virtue. It is as wide as the world, as difficult to control, as close as it likes to close its doors, and as slow as it forgets its words. With punishment as the main body, with etiquette as the wing, with wisdom as the time, with virtue as the foundation. Those who regard punishment as the main body are generous and generous. Those who regard propriety as the foundation are used to govern the world. Those who know the times are forced to do things. Those who follow virtue are like those who have enough to do things, and people really think they are diligent. Therefore, there is only one reason why he likes it, and there is only one reason why he does not like it. One is one, and the other is one. One is a disciple of heaven, not a disciple of man, because heaven and man do not win each other, this is called a real person.
"Zhuangzi" was a classic work of Taoism written by Zhuang Zhou and his disciples in the middle of the Warring States Period. After the Han Dynasty, it was honored as the "Nanhua Jing". Zhuang Zi was named the "Immortal of Nanhua". Together with Lao Zi and Zhouyi, it was called the "Three Mysteries". Take the Carefree Wandering as an example: - ** Original text and annotations **: - "There is a fish in the Northern Dark (1) called Kun. Kun is so big that I don't know it's thousands of miles long. It turned into a bird, and its name was Peng. I don't know how many thousands of miles it is on the back of the roc. He flew in anger, his wings like clouds hanging in the sky. This is a bird, sea transport (4) will migrate to the south. Nanming is Tianchi. [Note](1) Dark: Also known as Ming, refers to the sea. North of the North is the North Sea. (2)Anger: It looks like you're working hard. (3)Chui: Tong "Chui", that is, the border. (4)Luck: The sea waves are turbulent. When the sea moves, there will be a strong wind. Peng will take advantage of this wind to move to the South Sea." - "Qi Xie (1) is a strange person. It is said in the "Harmony" that when the roc moves to the southern underworld, the water strikes (2) three thousand li, and the cloud (3) rises up to ninety thousand li. It takes six months to rest. Wild horses (5), dust (6), creatures blowing each other with their breath (6). The sky is grey, but is it still the same color? Is it too far to reach the extreme? He looked down, and it was just like this! [Note](1) Qi Xie: Title of the book. From the state of Qi, ancient records of strange books, today is not handed down. (2)[Strike: Slap. The finger roc slaps the water surface to borrow strength to fly.] (3)[1]: Whirlpool. Fuyao, Whirlwind. (4)Breath: Wind. There are often strong winds on the sea in June. (5)Wild horse: Youqi, spring yang qi is activated, looking at the wild forest swamp, there is qi rising, like a galloping horse, so it is called wild horse. (6)Breath: Breath. (7)The original color." - "Moreover, if the accumulation of water is not thick, it will not be able to carry a big boat. If a cup of water is poured on the depression, the mustard will become a boat. If a cup is placed on the depression, it will be sticky. The water is shallow and the boat is big. If the wind is not strong enough, it will not be able to carry its wings. Therefore, the wind is blowing down from ninety thousand miles away, and then it is the wind that is blowing today. The wind that carries the blue sky and does not block it is the south of today's map. [Note](1): Pouring it out. Ao Tang: The low-lying area of the hall. (2)Mustard: Grass. (3)Glue: sticky, still say stranded. (4)Pei: By virtue of the wind's buoyancy. (5)To obstruct, to contain. (6)Picture: Plot, plan." - "The scholar and the dove laughed and said,'I have decided to rise and fly, to seize the elm tree, and to control the earth before the time comes. Why should I go south for ninety thousand miles?' Those who go to the wilderness will return after three meals, and their stomachs will still be full. Those who go to a hundred miles will spend the night pounding grain. Those who go to a thousand miles will spend three months gathering grain. What do you know about these two insects? Small wisdom is not as good as great wisdom, and small years are not as good as big years. How do you know that? Morning fungus (7) do not know the day and night, crayfish (8) do not know the spring and autumn, this is a small year. In the south of the State of Chu, there was a Ming Ling who lived for 500 years in spring and 500 years in autumn. In ancient times, there was a Dachun who lived for 8,000 years in spring and 8,000 years in autumn. But Peng Zu (10) is now famous for his long history. Isn't it sad that everyone can compare with him? [Note](1)(tiáo): Cicada. Learning dove: Turtledove. (2)Decisive: It looks fast. (3)Snatch: Sudden, a collection of theories. (4)Control: Lure, fall. (5)The king said: Let's eat. (6)As expected, she looked like she had eaten her fill. (7)Asakoto: A kind of insect that lives and dies in a short time. (8)Centipede: Cold cicada, born in summer and dead in autumn. (9)The name of the tree. (10)Peng Zu: Legend has it that he was a subject of Tang Yao and was conferred the title of Peng. He lived for more than seven hundred years and was famous for his longevity." - ** Translated **: - In the North Sea, there was a type of fish called the "Kun". Its body was extremely huge, so big that it was thousands of meters away. The kun turned into a bird, and its name was Peng. The Peng's back was also so huge that it was unknown how many thousands of miles it was. When the Kun Peng flapped its wings and flew, its wings were like the clouds in the sky. This kind of bird would migrate to the South China Sea when the sea was turbulent. It was a naturally formed large pond. - Qi Xie was a book that recorded strange events in ancient times. It was recorded in Qi Xie: "When the roc moves to the South China Sea, it hits the surface of the water and raises a spray of 3,000 miles. The storm caused by the vortex goes straight to the sky of 90,000 miles. It flies away with the strong wind in June." The air and dust on the ground were all blown by the aura of the creatures. The sky was dark. Was this its original color? Or was it the color of endless heights? The great roc looked down at the lower realm from high above like it was looking at the sky from the lower realm. It could only see a vast expanse of gray, and its original color could not be distinguished. - Moreover, if the water did not accumulate enough, it would not have enough buoyancy to carry the ship. If a cup of water was poured into a low-lying place in the hall, it could float a boat as big as a blade of grass. If the cup was put on it, it would be stranded. This was because the water was shallow and the boat was big. If the wind did not gather enough, it would not have enough buoyancy to support the huge wings. Therefore, in order to fly 90,000 miles high, the wind must be below it, and then it can start to rely on the buoyancy of the wind (flight). With its back against the blue sky and nothing stopping it, it began to fly toward the South Sea. - "If we try our best to fly, we can rush to the branches of elm and sandalwood trees. Sometimes we can't fly, so we just land on the ground. Why do we need to fly 90,000 miles to the South China Sea?" People who went to the countryside could go back and forth with three meals of dry food. When they came back, their stomachs were still full. To go hundreds of miles away, it would take an entire night to prepare dry food. To go thousands of miles away, it would take three months to prepare food. What did these two animals know? Small wisdom could not compare to great wisdom, and short lifespans could not compare to long lifespans. How did he know? Fungus that lived and died in the morning did not know the difference between night and dawn, and Cold Cicada that lived and died in summer and autumn did not know the difference between a year and a year. In the south of Chu State, there was a kind of big tree called Mingling. It regarded 500 years as spring and 500 years as autumn. In ancient times, there was a kind of tree called Dachun. It regarded 8,000 years as spring and 8,000 years as autumn. Peng Zu was now especially famous for his longevity. If ordinary people compared their lifespans with him, wouldn't it be very sad? This was only the original text, annotations, and translation of the Carefree Wandering part of Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi contained many chapters and was rich in content. The novel "Watching the Moon on Fish Island" is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!
The original text of Zhuangzi's "Distinguishing Fish in the Abyss" is as follows: Chuang Tzu went fishing on the isle of Yu River. The fish there are Chi, Mandrill, Kun, Peng and so on. One is that the fish in Tianchi eat in the South China Sea, and the other is that the fish in the isles chase in the North Sea. Chuang Tzu said to him,"What do you know about fish?" He said,"I am the only one who thinks of my heart as a fish. How do you know that I think of my heart as a fish?" Chuang Tzu said,"I regard the spirit as a fish. How do you know that the spirit is a fish?" Its fish are Chi, Mandrill, Kun, Peng and other animals in the South China Sea to eat, in the North Sea to chase. Chuang Tzu was fishing on a small island and talked to him. He said that he did not know that there were Chi, Mandrill, Kun, Peng and so on. He was not Chuang Tzu. Those who are not Chuang Tzu and talk about fish with him probably don't know something. Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tzu, is free and unfettered outside, and there is nothing he admires. It's natural, and those who talk about fish with him probably don't know. It's not that I don't know about fish, but those who talk about fish with me probably have something I don't know.
The original text of several stories of Zhuangzi is as follows: 1. Carefree Travel Wandering freely, oh, like wandering in the clouds. Wandering freely, oh, like ice on water. 2. To the utmost The most perfect man is the most perfect man of form and spirit. There is no way to change him or change him. 3 Dapeng rises with the wind in a day The great roc soared ninety thousand miles in a day with the wind. The Theory of Qi Wu It's better to have different opinions than to have different opinions. It is called nameless when you come to the same place but have a different name. 5 Inaction If you do nothing to govern the world, it will be settled. The above is the original story of Chuang Tzu. I hope it can help.
The four-character idioms related to the heavenly years include the end of one's heavenly years, longevity, untimely heavenly years, irregular heavenly years, unpredictable heavenly years, and so on. The novel " Ten Years of Death " is equally exciting. Everyone is welcome to click and read it!