"Zhuangzi" Zhuangzhou? [Pre-Qin]

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 away it was; when it turned into a bird, its name was Peng. I don't know how many thousands of miles the Peng has on its back; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging down from the sky. It is a bird, and the sea will migrate to Nanming. The one in Nanming is Tianchi.

Those who are "Qi Xie" are also those who are curious. "Xie" says: "The Peng migrates to Nanming. The water hits it for three thousand miles, and it surges upward for ninety thousand miles. It goes to breathe in six months." Wild horses are also dust, and living things breathe. Phase blow also.

The sky is blue, is it righteous or evil? Is it so far away that it is extremely evil? It looks down upon it, and if so, that’s it.

Translation:

There is a fish in the North Sea, and its name is Kun. Kun is huge, and it is unknown how many thousands of miles it is. Kun transformed into a bird, and its name was Peng. Peng's back was thousands of miles long. When it rises and flies, its spread wings are like clouds hanging in the sky. This roc will fly to the South China Sea when the sea water moves. The South China Sea is a naturally formed pool.

"Qixie" is a book dedicated to recording weird things. "Qi Xie" records: "When the Dapeng migrated to the South China Sea, its wings hit the water and stirred up waves three thousand miles away. It circled in the whirlwind and flew to an altitude of ninety thousand miles away, relying on the strong winds in June to leave." . The mist in the mountains and the dust in the air are all the result of living things blowing with their breath.

The sky is blue, is it its true color? Or is it because the sky is so high that you can’t see the end? Dapeng looks down from the sky, just like a person looking at the sky from the ground.

Creative background

Zhuangzi was extremely talented, intelligent and diligent, and "he learned everything he knew". He was not born with a desire to be useless in the world. However, "Nowadays, the world is confused. Even if you pray for something, you won't get it." On the one hand, the corrupt society in which "those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country as marquises" makes him disdain to associate with it; on the other hand, the realistic situation of "the princes and adults cannot use it" prevents him from displaying his ambitions.

Since the world is so filthy and "cannot talk to Zhuang", his pursuit of freedom has no choice but to soar in the world of fantasy and seek relief in the realm of absolute freedom. It was under this circumstance that he wrote the song of pursuit of a depressed soul.