One day, Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he had become a butterfly, flying freely among the flowers. He felt so happy and comfortable that he completely forgot that he was Zhuang Zhou. However, when Zhuang Zhou suddenly woke up, he fell into a panic until he realized that the butterfly had become himself. Did Zhuang Zhou dream of becoming a butterfly, or did the butterfly dream of becoming Zhuang Zhou?

Li Yu once wrote a poem: I don't know the guest in my dream, but I get greedy in the morning.

Is it just a big dream between life and death? Zhuangzi blurs the boundary between reality and fantasy through the dream butterfly. Is the dream real, or is it real now?

If we live in a dream, then when we wake up, it is the moment when we return to reality.

Second, know the happiness of fish.

Zhuangzi and Keiko are playing on the bridge. Zhuangzi said, "It is also a pleasure for fish to swim leisurely." Keiko said, "You are not a fish. How do you know the happiness of fish? " Zhuangzi said, "You are not me. How do you know that I don't know the happiness of fish? " Keiko said, "I'm not you. I didn't know you were happy. And you are not a fish, then of course you don't know the happiness of fish. " Zhuangzi said, "It started with the original question. You said,' Where do you know the happiness of fish?' If you know that I know the happiness of fish, why do you ask me? "

This story became later "children are not fish, fish are happy". The difference between people is far more than a mermaid. People's hearts are full of ups and downs of life. Different tracks give different people different brands and different habits.

The human heart is a mirror, reflecting the people and things around you. However, some have been polished into ha ha mirrors by years, and some have been polished into magnifying glasses. Different mirrors see different worlds, and they are incomprehensible barriers to each other.

"Children are not fish, but fish are happy." People should not judge anyone or anything easily. Everyone has his own interests. It is not easy to respect differences and follow your own path.

Third, the turtle of freedom.

One day, Zhuangzi was fishing in the whirlpool. Two doctors appointed by the king of Chu came to hire him and said, "My king has long heard of this teacher's reputation, and he has to undertake state affairs. I hope that Teacher Shen will come out of the mountain happily, thinking that you will share your worries and the people will seek happiness. "

Zhuangzi ignored the pole and said indifferently; "I heard that there was a turtle in Chu, and it was three thousand years old when it was killed. King Chu treasured it in a bamboo box, covered with brocade, and enshrined it in a temple. Excuse me, Second Doctor, would this turtle rather have bones after death, or would it rather be born with mud and tail? "

The second doctor said, "naturally, I would like to wag my tail in the mud to live."

Zhuangzi said, "Two doctors, please come back! I am also willing to trudge in muddy water. "

There is also a story in Zhuangzi called "Buying a rafter to return the pearl". A man bought a beautifully packaged night pearl. As a result, he left a beautiful outer box and returned the pearls inside to the seller.

The box outside is the name, and the beads inside are real. It is also true that the bones of turtles are treasured after death and offered in the name of diving into the water and dragging their tails.

It seems silly to buy pearls, but how many things happen in life?

Isn't this life of giving up health and reuniting with parents for fame and fortune a "princess huanzhu"?

Fourth, treat the powerful as rotten mice.

Hui Shi is in Liangdangcheng, and Zhuangzi wants to meet this good friend. Someone quickly reported to Keiko: "Zhuangzi came to Liang State with no good intentions and wanted to take your place." Huizi panicked and wanted to stop Zhuangzi, so he sent someone to search in Beijing for three days and three nights. Liao Zhuangzi greeted him calmly and said, "There is a kind of bird called nestling in the south. Have you ever heard of it? The bird spread its wings. Flying from the South China Sea to the North Sea is not that the phoenix tree is not born, nor is it that the practice does not eat; Don't drink before you leave. At this time, an owl was eating a rotten mouse with relish, and it happened that the young bird flew overhead. The owl quickly protected the rotten mouse and looked up and said, "Fear! "Are you trying to scare me with your Guo Liang now?"

Fame and fortune are not the only indicators in this world, and life does not have to complete this indicator.

In life, you can't be caught by others To live for the public's goals, you have to act like you live high and live according to your own wishes. Only in this way can you waste your life.

Five, useless

Zhuangzi and his disciples came to the foot of a mountain, and saw a big tree, flourishing, standing beside a stream. Zhuangzi asked the woodcutter why no one cut down such a tall tree. The woodcutter seemed to despise the tree and said, "What's so strange about this? This tree is useless wood. When used as a ship, it sinks into the water; When used as a coffin, it will soon rot; When used as a vessel, it is easy to be damaged; When used on doors and windows, grease will not dry; If used as a pillar, it is easy to be eaten by insects. This is a useless piece of wood. Useless wood is useless, so it can have such a long life. "

Zhuangzi listened and said, "A tree is useless to avoid disasters; Those who fail to become talents can also protect themselves. Everyone knows what is useful, but they don't know what is useless. " Disciple suddenly realized and nodded.

In life, each has its own way of living, and different standards have different values.

Sometimes it seems useless and useful.

People can't always take "interests" as the only criterion. Everything is different, not just to please people.

Bending a tree is useless, but it can't stop it from growing freely, which is far more useful than being a pillar.

Just like educating a child, although the child can't become a pillar of society, it doesn't prevent him from developing his own interests. His growth is valuable in itself.

Sixth, craftsmen carry the weight of stones.

After Keiko went to the grave, Zhuangzi turned to his entourage and said, "There is a man with chalk paste on his nose, which is as big as the wings of mosquitoes and flies. He asked the craftsman to cut off the little white spot with an axe. The craftsman waved an axe, whistled and cut out white dots at will. The white mud on the tip of his nose was completely removed, but his nose was not injured at all. The Englishman stood there as if nothing had happened.

When Song knew it, he called the craftsman stone and said, "You can try it for me, too." The craftsman said, "I can really cut off the small white spots on the tip of my nose." Even so, my good partner has been dead for a long time. "Since Keiko's death, I have no rivals! I have no one to argue with! "

In this world, after ups and downs, everyone will cultivate a lock of various shapes. Locked my heart in my room, day after day, lonely and difficult to understand.

Everyone will be lonely, and every lonely person is looking for his own key. Whether it is diamond cut diamond or mountains and rivers, as long as there is one, loneliness will have medicine to understand.

Seven. King Lu keeps birds.

One day, a seabird flew from the suburbs of Shandong. Every time the king saw the bird, he thought it was a divine bird, so he sent someone to catch it, met it in person and offered it in the temple. In order to show his love and respect for seabirds, Lu immediately ordered the most beautiful music of the court to be played for seabirds, and treated them with the most abundant banquet. However, the bird didn't realize the king's hospitality. It is afraid of losing its mind and behaving abnormally. It dares not taste a piece of meat or touch a drop of water. In this way, it only lived for three days and starved to death. Lu raises birds in his own way, not in the way of raising birds.

People are always wishful thinking. They think that what they like will be liked by others. They don't listen to other people's ideas, they don't know how to empathize and they don't know how to take care of others. People's hearts are connected, and people are very different. In communication, never impose your will on others. Respect for others is the best choice.

Eight, drums and songs

Zhuangzi's wife fell ill and died. My good friend Keiko came to offer her condolences and saw Zhuangzi sitting cross-legged on the ground, drumming and singing. Huizi asked, "I married you to have children, support the elderly and take care of my family. Now that you are dead, it's enough that you don't cry. Is it too much and unkind to sing? " Zhuangzi said, "No, she just died. How can I be sad? But qi has changed, become tangible, become deformed, become alive, and now it is dead. The change of life and death of an old friend is like the alternation of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Although she died, she fell asleep peacefully in the huge room of heaven and earth, but I cried with her sadly, thinking that I could not understand fate, so I stopped singing. "

In Zhuangzi's view, birth, illness and death are only natural phenomena, and people need not worry or suffer. Man originates from nature and returns to nature. After all, it is just a normal cycle of life and death. He is still between heaven and earth. As long as he thinks so, what is human suffering?

Nine, look at the ocean and sigh

Autumn is coming, and the rain makes all the rivers rise, and many rivers and streams flow into the Yellow River. The current is so fast and wide that even the river bank and sandbar can't tell cattle from horses. So the river god was complacent and thought he was the best in the world. He followed the current eastward until he came to the North Sea. Looking east, you can't see the edge of the water. So he changed his triumphant expression, looked at the sea of Wang Yang and sighed to the North Sea God: "I was so arrogant that I thought no one was worse than me. Today, I see you are so vast. If I hadn't come to the door in person, I would never have known my ignorance. " God said modestly, "In fact, I exist between heaven and earth, just like a small stone on the mountain. Heaven and earth can't be said to be the biggest field, and the smallest limit can't be concluded at the tip of the hair. The transformation between time and space is endless. What can you and I boast about? "

There are people outside and there are mountains outside. You never know how strong others are. People can be arrogant, but not arrogant.

Most failures in life stem from two words, one is laziness and the other is pride. Proud people are narrow-minded and ignorant.

Looks like he's just a paper tiger. All rivers flow into the sea. The mountain is a collection of mud and stones, which makes it look magnificent. Modesty is harmless.

Ten, death is also coke.

Zhuangzi rode a thin horse and walked slowly on the ancient road leading to Chu. The biting west wind whipped Zhuangzi's thin face and lifted his pale sideburns. Zhuangzi looked around, only to see a horror after the war, with skeletons everywhere. As the sun sets, the fields are in harmony.

Zhuangzi walked to an old tree with withered vines, and several crows began to circle around the tree, quarrelling incessantly. After tying Zhuangzi's horse, he wanted to find a stone to sit down and rest. Suddenly, he saw a skeleton in the grass under the tree. Zhuangzi approached, tapped with a whip and asked, "Is it because the teacher is greedy for health and disease that he has fallen to this point?" ? Or did the country fall to this point because the family was ruined and the axe was killed? Did the teacher commit suicide because of his bad behavior and the shame of his parents and wife? Or did you fall to this point because of a cold? Or the end of life? "Say that finish, lay down with a skull pillow. After a while, I fell asleep.

At midnight, the skeleton appeared in Zhuangzi's dream and said, "Teacher, what you just asked sounds like a debater. All these situations you mentioned are born tired, but die not tired. Do you want to hear the joy of death? " Zhuangzi replied, "Of course." The skeleton said, "You are dead. There is no monarch in the world, no minister in the world and no four seasons. Travel leisurely, taking heaven and earth as spring and autumn. Even if the south is king, it can't be compared. " Zhuangzi did not believe it and asked, "Are you willing to let Ye Yan save your life, return your flesh and blood, return your parents, wife, folks and friends?" The skeleton said sadly, "I can abandon Wang Le in the south and serve the world again!" " "

Zhuangzi once said, "If a husband takes my form, he will give birth to me, forgive me for my old age, and let me die, so be kind to me who is alive and kind to me who is dead".

In Taoist view, life is like toil and death is like rest. Taoism has always been open-minded about life and death. They think that life has tasted the ups and downs. At the last moment of life, all the troubles and troubles will turn to dust together. What happened to the fire returning to Tiandi Avenue?