I don’t know what it feels like to be a rotten rat, but I guess the chicks are still alive. ——Li Shangyin

Characteristics

Zhuangzi: despised fame, aloof and self-sufficient.

Huizi: obsessed with fame, greedy for gain, unreasonable suspicion, and narrow-minded.

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In "Huizi Xiangliang", Huizi is a villain who is obsessed with fame and wealth, and is suspicious of his friends for no reason. Zhuangzi ridicules him severely; in "Zhuangzi and Huizi Travel in Haoliang", Huizi and Zhuangzi Playing on Haoliang, and having a debate on whether Zhuangzi knew "fish music", it can be seen that the two are friends who can talk to each other. Is Keiko really as shameless as in "Keiko Xiangliang"? What is the relationship between Zhuangzi and Huizi? Another story can help us solve this problem, that is, the story of "The Carpenter's Stone Transports the Jin" (from "Zhuangzi·Xu Wugui"). It tells the story of Zhuangzi passing by Huizi's tomb and lamenting to his students that since Huizi's death, he had no confidant to talk to. Zhuangzi's words are very profound and touching, which are rare in the entire "Zhuangzi". It can be seen that in Zhuangzi's mind, Huizi was a rare confidant. So, is the story of "Huizi Xiangliang" completely fictional? Not entirely. Huizi may indeed be more interested in fame and wealth, but he is unlikely to do anything to hurt his friend Zhuangzi. Notes

1 Hao Liang: On the bridge over Hao River. Hao, the name of water, is located in Fengyang, Anhui Province today.

2. Minnow (tiáo): a small white fish among freshwater fish, also known as white minnow.

3. Yes: this.

4. Gu: Of course (I don’t know the son); originally (the son is not a fish).

5. Complete: completely, definitely.

6. Follow the basics: Start with the original topic. Xun: Starting from... Its, topic. Ben: Initially.

7. The Master said, "You know how happy fish are" and so on. Ru'an Zhiyule: How did you know that fish are happy? "Yun: So so. An, where. This article is excerpted from "Autumn Waters".

"Autumn Waters" is another long chapter in "Zhuangzi". The two words at the beginning of the chapter are used as the title. The center is about how people should understand foreign objects. The whole article is composed of two parts. The first part is about the conversation between the North Sea God and the River God, and the questions and answers are completed in one go. The second part is composed of six fables. Each fable is self-contained and unrelated. It has no structural connection with the dialogue between the sea god and the river god in the previous part, and it does not contribute much to the expression of the overall theme. It seems to be dissociated.

"Zhuangzi and Huizi Traveling in Haoliang" is relaxed and leisurely, full of poetry. One is vigorous argumentation, the other is skillful argumentation; one is truth-seeking, the other is beauty; one is rigid, and the other is detached; it makes people smile and think deeply after reading it. For a long time.

Huizi was argumentative and focused on analysis. He had a cognitive attitude toward the bottom of things and focused on the exploration of knowledge; Zhuangzi was intellectually argumentative and focused on appreciation of the outside world. If Huizi has the personality of a logician, then Zhuangzi has the style of an artist.