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Why do you say "Phoenix is not just a plane tree, it doesn't eat or drink ..."? "
Meaning: Phoenix is not a buttonwood tree, it doesn't rest, it doesn't eat bamboo fruit, and it doesn't drink sweet spring water.

Original text:

Keiko Liang Liang, Zhuangzi went to see it. Someone told Hui Shi: "Zhuangzi is here to replace you as prime minister." . "So Hui Shi was very scared and looked for three days and three nights in the country. Zhuangzi went to see it and said, "There is a bird in the south named yuān chú. What do you know? The couple originated in the South China Sea and flew in the North Sea. Don't practice, don't eat, don't drink from the spring. So the owl (chθ) caught the rotten mouse, and the young one passed by and looked up and said, "Him!" This son tried to scare me with his son's Guo Liang? "

Translation:

Hui Shi became Liang's Minister of State, and Zhuangzi went to visit him. Someone told Hui Shi: "Zhuangzi came to Liang to replace you as prime minister." So Hui Shi was so scared that he searched the capital for three days and three nights. Zhuangzi went to see him and said, "There is a bird in the south. Its name is ostrich. Do you know that?/You know what? Taking off from the South China Sea and flying to the North Sea, it's not that the buttonwood tree is not alive, the bamboo fruit is not eaten, and the spring is not drunk. Just then, an owl picked up a rotten mouse, an osprey flew in front of it, and the owl looked up and gave a "scared" roar. Now you also want to "scare" me with your Guo Liang? "

-"Keiko Xiang Liang" is from Zhuangzi Qiushui written by Zhuang Zhou, an ancient philosopher in China. In this essay, Zhuangzi compares himself to a bird, Keiko to an owl, and fame and fortune to a rotting mouse, which shows his position and interest of disdaining fame and fortune, and satirizes Keiko's infatuation with fame and fortune and unreasonable suspicion of others' stupidity.