Recently, I continued to read one of my favorite versions of Zhuangzi, "The World of Zhuangzi" by Wang Jinglin and Xu Tao.
This can't help but remind me of the Zhuangzi I have read, the Zhuangzi I have known, and the Zhuangzi I have dreamed of over the years.
That year, I met Zhuangzi in a junior high school textbook, and the difficult language was maddening, except for reciting fragments in a hurry, I knew that he was a famous thinker, philosopher, and writer in ancient China.
Over the years, in various newspapers, magazines, and books, I have read about Zhuangzi only a few words, and I have speculated about Zhuangzi sporadically and in isolation.
In my heart, I have always wondered, what kind of world is Zhuangzi's world?
Is it the world of leisurely travel, the world of homogeneity, the world of the health master, the world of the human world, the world of virtue and fufu, the world of the great master, the world of the emperor, the world of the rivers and lakes forgetting, or is it some other world?
What is the relationship between "Kun", "Fish", "Bird" and "Peng"?
Zhuangzi is like a rafter in the giant pen of the word "Hua", and what kind of mysterious power has been accumulated, painting the magnificent picture scroll from the North to the South in "Getaway"?
The weak and humble Shu, Xuejiao, and the repulsor, the Dapeng that hits 3,000 miles of water and rises to 90,000 miles, but does not think so, is this just a simple "plain and satisfied with the status quo" short-sighted, contented and happy?
The small knowledge is not as good as the big knowledge, and the small year is not as good as the big year", will Zhuangzi have a deep meaning that we have not understood and explored?
"Dirt and chaff" is Zhuangzi's implication of worldly fame and fortune, but does Zhuangzi really think that they are so "useless"?
The "big gourd" harvested by the famous Hui Shi after careful cultivation can not be used to hold water because "its strength cannot be lifted", so it can not be used to hold water, so "cut it into a scoop", and because it is too big to use, it has to be "plucked".
So, is it really impossible to escape the fate of "uselessness" and be discarded?
"Pi" and "is" are two very important concepts in Zhuangzi.
Nothing but the other, the thing is nothing more than that", "the other" and the "is" coexist, they "are also the other, they are also the other", they are unified in one thing, become two aspects of the "thing".
So, when we know things, are we not "other" or "is"? In addition to one side, the other side, will there be other sides?
Nan Guo Ziqi, the younger brother of King Chu Zhao, discussed the three "human resources", "earth patterns" and "heavenly sounds", as Cheng Xuanying of the Tang Dynasty believed, are they homogeneous? If there is a difference, and in **? Are the three related?
For the people of right and wrong in the world, these 16 words that Zhuangzi exquisitely refined - "Great knowledge is leisurely, and small knowledge is intermittent." Big words are hot, small words Zhan Zhan", what kind of rich and vivid words and forms of the human world are presented? .
The world of Zhuangzi is rich and complex, profound and mysterious.
For Zhuangzi, many questions such as the above often come to my mind.
I have so many questions to ask Zhuangzi, will he be overwhelmed?
Perhaps, Zhuangzi did not mind my shallow knowledge and was willing to open the door to me.
Perhaps, I stumbled into the world of Zhuangzi with a question mark, I could ask questions, ask questions about the world, maybe I could do homework, I could talk to my heart, I could stay up all night, I could do it regardless of cold and summer, spring and autumn, I could accompany it with tea, or wine.
Walk! Holding "Zhuangzi", dreaming back to the Warring States, caressing this wise and quiet Jane, and feeling this wise and profound thought.
Walking into the unbridled world of Zhuangzi, you may meet a new me.
Note: Reading Wang Jinglin and Xu Tao's "The World of Zhuangzi" is a casual feeling. This article is an original text and has been published in a magazine.
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