Zhuangzi’s famous sayings are:
1. A frog in a well cannot talk about the sea, nor a summer insect can talk about the ice.
2. Everyone values ??profit, honest people value reputation, wise people value ambition, and saints value essence.
3. The whole world praises the person without admonishing him, and the whole world criticizes the person without discouraging him.
4. Therefore, it is said that a man is tranquil, lonely, and inactive. This is the peace of heaven and earth, and the quality of morality.
5. Those who lose themselves in things and lose their nature in the world are called inverted people.
6. A mortal's heart is in danger of mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to know the sky.
7. There is no greater sorrow than the death of the heart, and the death of a person is also the second most.
8. Forgetting years and forgetting righteousness is inspired by Wujing, so it contains all Wujing.
9. Morning bacteria don’t know Hui Shuo, and worms don’t know Spring and Autumn.
10. Work when the sun rises, rest when the sun sets, and be at ease between heaven and earth, and feel content.
11. The friendship between husband and wife is as far apart as the relationship between husband and wife. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. A gentleman is indifferent to intimacy, but a villain is willing to give up.
12. If there is a gap between heaven and earth in life, it will happen suddenly.
13. Skillful people work hard, wise people worry, and incompetent people have nothing to ask for.
14. When the spring dries up, the fish and the fish are on the land. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. Instead of praising Yao instead of Jie, it is better to forget both and change his ways.
15. Simple and unparalleled in beauty.
16. The beauty of heaven and earth is not mentioned, the laws of the four seasons are clear but not discussed, and the rationality of all things is not explained. A saint understands the beauty of heaven and earth and realizes the principles of all things.
17. I use the heaven and the earth as my coffin, the sun and the moon as my jade, the stars as my pearls, and all things as my gift. Aren’t my burial utensils prepared for evil?
18. There is a big roc flying in anger from the North Sea. Its wings hang down from the clouds in the sky. The water hits it three thousand feet, and its support is ninety thousand miles away!
Zhuangzi (real name Zhuang Zhou, 369 BC - 286 BC), a Mongolian native of the Song Dynasty. His ancestor was Song Dai Gong, the monarch of the Song Dynasty. He was a famous thinker, philosopher and writer in the middle of the Warring States Period, and one of the seven sons of the Pre-Qin Dynasty. , one of the main representatives of the Taoist school, founded the philosophical school Zhuangxue, and was called "Laozi and Zhuangzi" together with Laozi.