The famous sentence in Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou" is as follows:

1. There is a fish in the North Ming Dynasty, and its name is Kun. The Kun was so big that it was unknown how many thousands of miles it was; when it turned into a bird, it was named Peng.

There is a fish in the North Sea, and its name is Kun. Kun is very huge, and it is unknown how many thousands of miles it is. Once it turns into a bird, its name becomes Peng.

Comments: Zhuangzi uses the method of Bixing to compare his spirit to a great roc bird that can roam freely in the infinite world.

2. When Peng migrates to Nanming, the water hits him for three thousand miles, surges upward for ninety thousand miles, and then rests for six months.

When the magical bird Dapeng is about to move to the South China Sea, it will stir up water splashes that are three thousand miles long; its wings will support the hurricane to reach an altitude of ninety thousand miles. Then fly away on the strong winds of June.

Comments: Nanming is the South China Sea. Fuyao is the upward wind, here it refers to the hurricane on the sea. June breath refers to the strong wind in June. The ancients believed that the wind is the strongest in June.

3. Small knowledge is not as good as big knowledge, and small years are not as good as big ones.

Small wisdom is not as good as great wisdom, and short life is not as good as long life.

Comment: Zhuangzi believed that Peng Zu lived for more than 800 years, while the longest people at that time only lived for a hundred years. Compared with Peng Zu, isn't it sad?

4. The perfect person has no self, the god has no merit, and the saint has no name.

A perfect person has no intention of seeking for himself; a divine person has no intention of seeking merit; a saint has no intention of seeking fame.

Comments: Being selfless means not having a paranoid self-view. The perfect man, divine man, and saint mentioned by Zhuangzi are ordinary people who appear to be ordinary in the world.

5. To praise someone in the world without admonishing them, to criticize someone in the world without discouraging them is to determine the distinction between inside and outside, and to argue between honor and disgrace.

The whole world is praising him, but he does not work harder because of it; the whole world is criticizing him, but he does not feel depressed because of it. He can identify the distinction between inner self and external things; he can distinguish the boundaries between glory and shame.

Comments: Zhuangzi praised Song Rongzi. Song Rongzi was one of the representatives of Jixia Academy. He once put forward anti-war ideas such as honoring insults, fighting to save the people, shallow lust, and banning attacks and withdrawing troops.