1. Looking for explanations of Zhuangzi’s famous sayings and sentences
Zhuangzi’s famous sayings. From them, you can understand the profoundness of Tao.
Famous Quotes
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 than to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. ––
“Those who steal (thieves) hooks (hooks) will be punished, and those who steal the country are princes. The gates of princes are benevolent and righteous.”–––––––
“Original (Exploring) the beauty of heaven and earth, reaching (clarifying) the principles of all things”–––––––
“Wandering beyond the dirt (worldliness), carefree as if there is nothing to do”–––– ––––
“Alone (alone) communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth, and not be arrogant (arrogant and contemptuous) to all things” –––––––
“Sunrise While working, the sun comes in and rests, and you are free between heaven and earth
"If you don't live a happy life, you won't mourn your death, you won't be prosperous, you won't be ugly and poor" ––––
(Next to) the sun and moon, holding (holding) the universe, wandering in the dirt (secular world)
"Heaven and earth live together with me, and all things are one with me" –
"World-famous "Without persuasion, without any dismay when the whole world criticizes you" (You don't feel proud when you are praised by the whole world, and you don't feel depressed when you are criticized by the whole world) -
"The perfect person has no self, the god has no merit, the saint has no name" (The person with the highest realm does not feel his own existence, the god does not pursue meritorious deeds, the saint does not seek fame) –––––
“The wren’s nest in the deep forest is nothing more than a branch; the mole’s nest in the river is nothing more than a branch. "The wren builds its nest in the deep forest, but it only occupies a branch of land. Why does it need to own the entire forest? The mole drinks water by the river, but it only needs to fill its stomach. Why does it need to own the entire river?" ––
"In the mountain of Miaogushe, there is a god and man living there. His skin is like ice and snow, and he is as graceful as a virgin. He does not eat grains, but breathes wind and drinks dew. He rides on the clouds, rides on flying dragons, and swims across the four seas." (In the distant Gushe Mountain, there is a god-man living. His skin is as white as ice and snow, and his grace is as graceful as a virgin. He does not eat the grains of the world, but eats the wind and drinks the dew. He soars in the clouds and rides the mist, drives the sun and the moon, and swims outside the universe
“The body (body) can be as solid as a dead tree (dead wood), and the heart can be as solid as ashes” –––––
“Working for a lifetime without seeing success will make you tired. "It's so sad that people in the world spend their lives running around for fame and wealth without seeing any results, and they are exhausted and don't know where they are going." -
"It's the same thing." , that is also right and wrong, and this is also right and wrong” (this is that, and that is this, there is no difference between right and wrong, and there is no difference between right and wrong here) –––––
"Heaven and earth are one finger, and all things are one horse." (Heaven and earth have only one element, and all things are of the same category) -
"Outside the Liuhe, the sage exists but does not care; within the Liuhe, the sage discusses but does not discuss" ( For things outside the human world, the sage temporarily suspends them without discussing them; for things within the human world, the sage states them but does not judge them subjectively) –
“In the past, Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly, which was vivid and vivid. Butterflies too. …I don’t know that Zhou’s dream is a butterfly, and the butterfly’s dream is Zhou.” (In the past, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamed of butterflies, vividly flying butterflies.… But after I woke up, I couldn’t tell whether it was me, Zhuang Zhou, who dreamed of butterflies, or whether it was Zhuang Zhou who dreamed of butterflies, or whether it was Zhuang Zhou who dreamed of butterflies. The butterfly dreamed of me
"My life also has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. If I have a limit, I will follow the limitless, which is dangerous." (Our life is limited, but our knowledge is infinite. If we use the limited to deal with the infinite, we will inevitably fall into trouble. )–––
“There is no immediate reputation for good deeds, and there is no immediate punishment for evil deeds. The predestined governor believes that it can protect your body, your whole life, your relatives, and your years.” (Don’t do good deeds. Be famous, do bad things and don't break the law. Follow the rules and tricks to survive.
In this way, you can keep your body healthy forever, save your life, take care of your loved ones, and enjoy your life to the fullest) ––––
“Everyone knows the use of useful things (the uses of useful things), but no one knows The use of useless things (the uses of useless things)” ––––––
“Death and death, poverty and wealth, virtuous and dishonest, reputation and reputation, hunger, thirst, cold and heat, changes in things, and fate. Also”––––––
“Don’t hurt your body internally with your likes and dislikes, always follow nature”––––––
“The ancient true man, his sleeping (Sleep) without dreams, wake up (wake up) without worries, and eat without satisfaction (
"The real person in ancient times did not know how to enjoy life (not feel happy to be alive), and did not know how to hate death (not worry about death)" –– ––––
“One who does not use his heart to contribute to the Tao (does not use subjectivity to change objectivity), does not use people to help Heaven (does not use people to hinder nature), this is what is called a true person
“ The way a sage uses military force is to subjugate a country without losing the people's hearts." - Fight to win people's hearts, and win people's hearts without fighting.
"It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to praise Yao. If it is not Jie, it is better to forget both and change the way." (Instead of moistening each other with saliva and struggling to survive, it is better for fish to forget each other and swim in the nature of rivers and lakes; instead of praising the wise kings of Yao and Shun and criticizing the tyrants of Jie and Zhou, it is better to forget right and wrong and return to nature. Tao)
"The earth carries my body, makes me live a hard life, and makes me happy in old age. In the end, death enabled me to 2. Explanation of Zhuangzi's sentence
This is the Taoist hope that the world will reach a state of ignorance and desire so that the world can return or remain in a primitive state of ignorance. In this way The world is actually the purest.
The explanation of the quoted passage is as follows: If people can hide their wisdom, people in the world will no longer show off and exaggerate; if people can hide their wisdom, people in the world will no longer show off. If people can hide their wisdom, the world will no longer be confused; if people can hide their virtue, there will no longer be evil in the world (Excerpted from "Zhuangzi" Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House, 2008 1. The first edition of the month, P134) Ming, opposite to dark, the whole sentence means that if no one shows off in the world, there will be no comparison with each other, so more and more people compare and show off; Cong, in ancient times, means good ears and hearing, This can be understood as smart. The whole sentence means that if no one is smart, people will not know what smart is, so no one will be affected by others' brains. Zhi, Tongzhi, wisdom means that no one is better than others. If others are smarter and have more knowledge, people will not have differences in intellectual knowledge, and human cognition will not develop and differ, so no one will be confused; virtue is virtue, morality, and no one advocates the so-called If there is no morality, there will be no relative evil, and there will be no moral judgment.
This kind of thinking belongs to the absolutism in Zhuangzi's thought, which means that if relativity is eliminated, then the world will not exist. The phenomenon of equality is a beautiful but impossible thought. 3. Zhuangzi’s famous sayings (with explanations)
1. Great knowledge is idle, small knowledge is momentary; big words are brilliant, small words are brilliant
Vernacular definition: the wisest person , will always show an open-minded and generous attitude; people with small talents always love to worry about trivial rights and wrongs. Speeches that are in line with the Dao are as powerful as a prairie fire, both beautiful and grand, making people feel convinced after hearing them. Those clever remarks are trivial and full of nonsense.
Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Period
Author: Zhuang Zhou
Source: "Zhuangzi? On the Equality of Things"
2. My life also has a limit. And knowledge has no limit. If you are at the end of the world and follow the endless world, it is almost gone; if you have known it for a long time, it is almost gone.
Vernacular interpretation: Human life is limited, but knowledge is infinite. If you want to use your limited life to pursue infinite knowledge, you will feel very tired; if you have to keep pursuing knowledge, you will become even more tired!
Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Period
Author: Zhuang Zhou
Source: "Zhuangzi? Master of Health Preservation"
3. The accumulation of Qiefu water If the water is neither deep nor thick, then it will not be able to carry a large ship.
Vernacular interpretation: If the water is neither deep nor thick, then it will not be able to carry a large ship.
Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Period
Author: Zhuang Zhou
Source: "Zhuangzi? Xiaoyaoyou"
4. Xiang and Yu Wuxiang With, mutuality and no mutuality.
Vernacular interpretation: Friendship with each other is in the absence of friendship, mutual action is in the inaction.
Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Period
Author: Zhuang Zhou
Source: "Zhuangzi, the Great Master"
5. Fight fire with fire; Water saves water, which is called Yiduo.
Vernacular interpretation: Use fire to put out fire and water to put out water. Not only will this not correct the situation, but it will increase (Wei Jun's) faults.
Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Period
Author: Zhuang Zhou
Source: "Zhuangzi: Human World" 4. Explain Zhuangzi's words
First This one seems to come from "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" (from the words of my mathematics teacher). This seems to be a mathematical problem. A stick is inexhaustible if half of it is taken every day, but Zhuang Zhou's thought is With depth and resilience, I think it also means that people's potential can never be fully explored. Haha, a naive suggestion.
Fortunately, I read Zhuangzi's "Nanhua Sutra". This is a philosophical question, a philosophical question about the unity of opposites. It means that the big bird is flying but its shadow is motionless relative to the bird itself. Stillness is relative, motion is absolute.
The third question is similar to Lao Tzu’s sentence in the Tao Te Ching, that is, great skill is like clumsiness, great straightness is like crookedness, great argumentation is like indolence. That is, some things look the same, but their essence is different from their perceptual understanding. This is great wisdom. Zhuang Zhou saw the essence of things.
The fourth question is that it is indeed not hot when the sun just rises, and it is indeed very hot when the sun is at noon. The problem lies in the big and small. The rising sun is on the horizon, and there is a reference object, that is On the ground, the sun appears very big, but when the sun is hanging in the sky, there is no reference object, so the sun appears very small.
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This is my answer, thank you! 5. Zhuangzi's famous sayings (with explanations)
1. Great knowledge is idle, small knowledge is momentary; big words are eloquent, but small words are Zhanzhan.
——Translation of "Zhuangzi? Equality of Things" The wisest people will always show an open-minded and generous attitude; people with little talent will always care about trivial rights and wrongs. Speeches that are in line with the Dao are as powerful as a prairie fire, both beautiful and grand, making people feel convinced after hearing them.
Those clever remarks are trivial and full of nonsense. You might as well learn from it when you understand your own life.
2. My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. If you are at the end of the world and follow the endless world, it is almost gone; if you have known it for a long time, it is almost gone.
——Translation of "Zhuangzi? Master of Health Preservation" Human life is limited, but knowledge is infinite. If you want to use your limited life to pursue infinite knowledge, you will feel very tired; if you have to keep pursuing knowledge, you will become even more tired! It is unwise to devote your limited life to unlimited learning, which reflects Zhuangzi's thought of abandoning wisdom and absolute sage.
Third, the accumulation of water is not thick, so it will not be able to carry a large boat. ——Translation of "Zhuangzi Xiaoyaoyou" If the water is neither deep nor thick, then it will not have the strength to carry a large ship.
From the perspective of the relationship between the boat and water, we can at least get this enlightenment: to pursue great studies and do great things, we must lay a solid and profound foundation. 4. Phase and nothingness are phase-to-being, and phase-being is in non-phase-being.
——Translation of "Zhuangzi, the Great Master": Friendship with each other is in non-friendship, and mutual action is in inaction. To make friends, we need to achieve friendship out of inadvertence and help out of inaction.
This is the "irrespectable friend". 5. Although the cooks do not manage the cooks, the corpses will not pass over the bottles but will be replaced.
——Translation of "Zhuangzi? Xiaoyaoyou" Although the chef does not make sacrifices, the master of ceremonies who presides over the sacrifices will not go beyond the table of displaying the sacrifices and do it on the chef's behalf. This means that even if the chef fails to perform his duties, he does not have to go beyond his own authority to worship the gods and act on his behalf.
It expresses Zhuangzi's idea of ??governing by doing nothing, and the idiom "Yue Zu Dai Dai" comes from this. 6. If you enter the space without thickness, then you will have room to move freely.
——"Zhuangzi? The Master of Health Preservation" is translated as "no thick and no thick", so it is still generous and has room for operation. The explanation shows that things should be done "according to the laws of nature" and "taking advantage of nothing to make a difference". This is the core of Zhuangzi's theory of health preservation.
It also explains the need to understand the laws of nature and act in accordance with them. The two idioms "a cow with no eyesight" and "with ease" both come from here.
7. Use fire to fight fire and water to fight water. This is called more benefit. ——Translation of "Zhuangzi: The Human World" Use fire to put out fire and water to put out water. Not only will this not correct things, but it will increase (Wei Jun's) faults.
Jie Qi uses the words Confucius taught Yan Hui to illustrate a way of life. This is where the idioms "fighting fire with fire" and "fighting water with water" come from.
8. Nothing is other than what it is, and nothing is other than what it is. If you don’t see it from that, you will know it if you know yourself. Therefore, it is said: He comes from this, and this is also caused by that.
——Translation of "Zhuangzi? Equality of Things" All things in the world have an opposite side and an opposite side. What is not clear from the other side can be seen more clearly from this side.
So, the other comes from this, and this cannot be separated from the other. That is to say, there are two opposite sides of things, and no one can live without the other.