There is a saying in Zhuangzi's Theory of All Things: "If you don't have me, you don't have me." It means that all kinds of modality in the world are attached to "I". With the subject of "I", there are differences, such as the difference between you and me, and the difference between me and him. As soon as there is a difference, all kinds of modality are produced, and they are emotional and eloquent. However, Zhuangzi said that the "I" in this concept of opposition is only "false me", not "true me", so we should break the opposition.
Zhuangzi told a famous story called "chop and change". He said that some people raised monkeys and told them three chestnuts in the morning and four chestnuts at night. The monkeys were very angry. The monkey keeper said, what about four in the morning and three at night? The monkeys were very happy when they heard it. Zhuangzi said, in essence, there are seven chestnuts, one happy and one angry, which is puzzling. What he satirized was that the debate among the major schools of thought in the Warring States period at that time, just like the debate on the number of chestnuts, was just a debate on the snail's horn, and we could not jump out of the limitations of ourselves and see a wider world.
excerpts from famous sentences in Zhuangzi's "The Theory of All Things"
Leave aside, discuss without discussing, discuss without arguing.
only a virtuous person can live with his life knowing that he can't help it.
the evil of Tao is hidden but true and false. What is evil is hidden and there is right and wrong. The evil of the Tao goes on and does not exist. Words that are evil are not allowed to exist.
if the avenue is not called, you will not argue, be merciless, be honest, and be brave. The Tao is clear but not the Tao, the words are not as good as the arguments, the benevolence is often unsuccessful, the honesty is not believed, and the courage is not successful.
great knowledge is idle, while little knowledge is idle; Big words are hot, small words are Zhan Zhan.
Zhuang Zhoumeng, a former poet, was Hu Die and lifelike Hu Die. Self-metaphor and ambition! I don't know Zhou Ye. If you feel it suddenly, you will feel it suddenly. I wonder if Zhou Zhimeng is Hu Die Yu? Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu? Zhou and Hu Die are bound to be divided, which is called materialization ~
. If you don't live properly, you can't live properly. If you don't live properly, you know what to do. If you live safely, only the virtuous can do it. Swim in the middle of the cave. If you are in the center, you will be in the middle: however, if you are not in the middle, you will die.