Zhuangzi’s love?

Zhuangzi’s love: unrestrained and persistent

Zhuangzi, named Zhuangzhou, is an important representative of Taoism among hundreds of philosophers. His articles are majestic and unbridled; his thoughts are profound and broad, covering ancient and modern times; his fables are unique in imagination and have far-reaching implications; his style is full of laughter and curses, and is unrestrained.

Zhuangzi is very free and unrestrained. He believes that if people can "equalize all things", they can be free and contented. From the perspective of Tao, Zhuangzi believes that different things are the same, "similar and non-similar, similar and similar", this is called "equalizing things". That is to say, all opposite things are regarded as one. Zhuangzi once walked on the Haoshui Bridge with the famous philosopher Hui Shi. Zhuangzi saw the fish playing leisurely in the water, and said to Hui Shi next to him: "This is the fun of fish!" Hui Shi asked disapprovingly. Zhuangzi: "You are not a fish, how do you know that fish are happy?" Hui Shi's point of view is that people can only know themselves, not others; and Zhuangzi's point of view is that people can both know themselves and perceive other things. thing. So Zhuangzi told Hui Shi: "That's because I was very happy on the bridge, so I thought the fish were also very happy in the water." Zhou dreamed and turned into a butterfly? Or did the butterfly dream and turned into Zhuang Zhou? Just like Zhuangzi's "Butterfly Dream" is full of charm and expresses the unrestrained and innocent nature of human nature. The charm of "Zhuangzi knows the joy of fish" finally moved the fish. A fish swam up wagging its tail, begging for Zhuangzi's love. Zhuangzi knocked the fish on the head and told it that if you have it, you will lose it. If you don't have the joy of life, you won't have the pain of death. If we stay together, we will eventually get lost in time. He told the fish: You'd better go back to the sea. The river is long and the lake is wide, and life is just an experience.

"Must help each other" symbolizes the beauty of love and is the yearning and pursuit of everyone. Two fish were washed into a shallow ditch by the sea water, and they could only survive together by feeding the foam from their own mouths to each other. This is the origin of the idiom "help each other with foam". But such stories are just people's imagination. The real situation is: the sea water will overflow, the two fish will finally return to their own world, and finally they will forget each other in the world. "Forgetting each other" seems to be a breakup, but maybe it can be better possessed; being able to forget and give up is also a kind of happiness. There are two kinds of emotions in the world, one is "to help each other but grow tired of it until we grow old", the other is "to forget each other but miss each other till we cry". Of course, "missing until you cry" is better than "getting tired of it until you grow old".

Zhuangzi’s wife died in his arms, but he banged the basin and sang loudly. Zhuangzi murmured, "My wife is sleeping in the big house of heaven and earth. She will be eternal. She will never have poverty and pain again. This is her destination. Everyone has such a destination, so I want to celebrate her." . Because Zhuangzi believes that death has always been hidden in life, and dying means gaining eternal life. And no matter what, people cannot obtain the "Tao" while they are alive, because people have consciousness, shape, and quality. Only by dying can one attain enlightenment. Because the Tao mentioned by Zhuangzi is intangible and is the total source of all things.

In fact, Zhuangzi cared about his wife very much. Zhuangzi's wife Tian was beautiful and virtuous. Three days after her marriage to Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi left home and wandered around for ten years. His wife, Tian, ??has been waiting at home for ten years.

But Zhuangzi believed that his wife's love for him was attached to his warm arms and living spirit and flesh. If Zhuangzi died, would his wife still love him? According to the folk story "A Dream of Splitting a Coffin", also called "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife", Zhuangzi contracted an illness and died seriously. Mr. Tian cried to the sky and screamed that his intestines were broken and his liver was torn. Suddenly one day, two masters and servants, Wang and Sun, came to seek refuge with Zhuangzi. They were shocked to hear the bad news and cried bitterly. They worshiped the master as a disciple.

After spending many days together, Wang Sun and Tian had a mutual affection for each other and wanted to get married. However, something unexpected happened. As soon as they entered the bridal chamber, Wang and Sun fell to the ground and fell unconscious, foaming at the mouth. Madam Tian was so panicked that she called an old servant to ask questions. Only then did she find out that Wang and Sun's old illness had relapsed, and he had to suck the brain of the stranger, otherwise he would die!

It’s hard to find a human brain. Fortunately, the old servant reminded me: But a human brain of 77 can also save a life. Mr. Tian calculated on his fingers that his husband had passed away no more than thirty-seven years ago, so he could naturally use it. For the sake of new love, she actually picked up an ax to chop the coffin, and wanted to knock Zhuangzi's bones and suck out his marrow in order to save the king and his grandson!

Zhuangzi sighed: Tao gives rise to oneness, which connects the world with one breath. All things, including characters and their love, are born when Qi gathers and die when Qi disperses. The wife could wait ten years for the living Zhuangzi, but she could not wait for thirty-seven for the dead Zhuangzi. The dead are like dirt, they can be stepped on, dug up or "knocked and sucked"! Where is the love between husband and wife? !

But in order to obtain Tian's love, Zhuangzi also acted foolishly and pursued it persistently. "Zhuangzi" records a man named Wei Sheng, who was from the same hometown as Confucius. Later Weisheng moved his family to Hancheng, Shaanxi. There he met a beautiful young girl. The two fell in love at first sight, a gentleman and a lady, and had a private engagement for life. The two agreed to meet under a wooden bridge outside Hancheng and flew away to their happy life. At dusk, Wei Sheng came to the bridge in advance to wait. Unexpectedly, the weather in June suddenly changed. Suddenly dark clouds appeared, the wind roared, thunder and lightning flashed, and torrential rain poured down.

Soon a flash flood broke out, and the rolling river water swept in with the sand, reaching Oio's knees...! Under the bridge outside the city, see you there! Wei Sheng remembered his vow to the girl; he looked around the vast water world, but there was no sign of the girl. But he refused to leave, hugging the bridge pillar tightly, and was finally drowned alive. Why didn't the girl come? It turned out that the idea of ??elopement was revealed, and she was imprisoned at home by her parents and was not allowed to escape. Later, he waited for an opportunity to escape from the house and came to the bridge outside the city in the rain. By this time, the flood had gradually receded. The girl was heartbroken when she saw Wei Sheng clinging to the bridge pillar and dying. She hugged Wei Sheng's body and cried. Yin and Yang are separated, life and death are one. After crying, they embrace each other and jump into the rolling river...

I cannot believe all the anecdotes of Zhuang Zhou left in the book "Zhuangzi", but I can read them. I want to see what Zhuang Zhou is like. It can be seen from this that Zhuangzi's freedom and carefreeness were only understood after a lot of hardships. He had been stupid and suffered before, and then he knew how to cherish himself and live more calmly. In fact, life does not require such meaningless persistence. If you don't have anything, you really can't let it go. If you are more generous and tolerant, you will be free and transcendent.