Chuang Tzu's experience 09: Avenue and Nature

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[Voiceover] Zhuangzi tells many Fable Stories. Professor Yu Dan believes that these fable stories are either harsh or ironic. There is only one mystery, that is, the boulevard conforms to nature. As a representative of Taoism, Zhuangzi believes that all the principles and regulations in the world should be the most natural truth in people's hearts, without any external form. Confucius on behalf of Confucianism tells us that etiquette is very important. Why does Professor Yu Dan think that Confucianism is mutually beneficial? In the fierce competition of modern society, how can we maintain a simple nature without losing ourselves in the vast world? Professor Yu Dan of Beijing Normal University will give a lecture on Yu Dan's experience, the greatest truths and nature. Looking at the whole of Zhuangzi, there is actually only one mystery in all the fables of theory, that is, the avenue conforms to nature. In fact, in the Taoist Theory, people use the earth as the method, the Earth uses the heaven as the method, and the heaven uses the Tao as the method, while the Tao is natural. It can be said that the world is the best in line with the rules. That is to say, the comparison between every person and every thing in the world is not simply a matter of skill, but only a matter of good or bad, then there is only one standard for what the realm comes from. The greatest truths are natural. In his "Zhi bei you", Chuang Tzu called a person named Zhi. The wise man went to question and asked what is the path of the human world. Therefore, zhibei traveled over xuanshui and saw an advanced man called inaction. Then he asked the man, saying: he Sihe knows where he is, where he is, he is, This is a question from the people. How can we grasp this truth? As a result, this inaction means that we don't talk, and we didn't tell him anything. So he went away from Xuan Shui and started to the south bank of baishui, when he saw another tall man, he began to ask him for such a passage. [Dubbing] Zhi: I would like to ask you three questions: how to understand the avenue, how to settle on the avenue, and how to obtain the Avenue? Crazy: I want to tell you what I know, but I forgot what I want to say. So, this person was very depressed at last and returned to the Emperor's palace. After I came back, I used these three questions to ask the Yellow Emperor. What is the answer of the Yellow Emperor? [Dubbing]: Do not think with your heart, so that you can understand the avenue. do not exercise with your mind, so that you can stay on the Avenue because neither of them can go to the avenue. The Yellow Emperor gave him the answer: "If you don't think about it, you will know it. If you don't have nowhere to go, you will be safe. Don't think about how to live and how to live, when you don't think about it, you will be on this road. If there is no way to do it, you can do it without asking anything. That is to say, when we forget the reference of one coordinate, Truly understand our own heart, we will grasp our unique life (Yu Dan Xinyu ).In fact, there are too many times in this world that we envy others. Therefore, Chuang Tzu tells such a story in his "Qiu shui. In this world, there is such a kind of thing as a leg called the ghost, this ghost is particularly envious of the ghost, because the ghost can walk more than its feet, and the envy of the snake, A snake walks faster than it does, and the snake envy the wind because the wind does not even have a shape, but it flies faster than the snake. What do the wind envy? The wind envy people's eyes, because of the eyes, the wind is not there, people's eyesight has reached, the eyes are not the fastest, the eyes eventually envy one thing, called a pity, the eyes envy the hearts of the people. When the eyes are not reached, the hearts of the people can be reached. Our thoughts and thoughts have reached. Therefore, this is what Chuang Tzu said: "pity", "pity", "envy", and "love, I feel that the realm of others is higher than that of myself. In fact, every one of us once had the power to set an example. From an early age, we used to set an example. Today, we call it an even image. That is to say, there will always be people who are better than us, always let us envy, always want to be others, can we really be others? There is such a fable that the mouse thinks that he is too small, so he hopes to find the biggest thing in his life. So I looked up and saw what was so big, so the little mouse said, the realm of my life is that I want to find the true meaning of the day, the day is fearless, it is too broad, covering the four wild. So it went to ask the day, saying that you are not afraid of anything. I am so small, can you give me courage? I was afraid of clouds because the clouds could cover the sky, and the sun and the sky could be closely covered by the clouds, afraid of cloud. The mouse thought the cloud was even more amazing, so he went to the cloud and said that you could cover the sky and the sun. You are the greatest force between heaven and earth. The cloud said, No, I am afraid of the wind, it is difficult for me to hide the sky in a dense manner. When the wind blows, the so-called cloud is open and the fog is scattered, and the wind passes through the cloud, so I am still afraid of it. The little mouse ran to the wind again and said that you are too powerful. You can cleanse everything in the sky. Are you terrible? The wind said that I was afraid, I was afraid of the wall, and I could blow the clouds in the sky, but there was a wall on the ground, so I couldn't go around, so the wall was worse than me, the little mouse ran to find the wall and said that you had been blocked by the wind. Are you the strongest? The Wall told it a shocking word. The wall said: I am most afraid of mice, because they will bite a lot of wall holes from my roots at, and one day I am standing on a wall like Wei An and Kui, it will crash because of several rat holes. At this time, the mouse suddenly realized that the most remarkable thing in the world was itself. In fact, isn't it a process in which we worship idols from small to large, advocate role models, pursue our life, and finally discover our own hearts? [Voiceover] every individual in life is essentially the same though it has different appearances. Professor Yu believes that every person's life is unique. It is better to recognize ourselves as an idol, because we can never be others. Even though we have a bumpy and uneven life path, but whether it is honor or hardship, everything will be in the past. Therefore, in this world, there are too many things, opportunities, storms, and how to grasp yourself, this is what Taoism says is in line with Heaven and Earth. What Chuang Tzu wants to remind people in the end is "the people who have lost their lives, the people who have lost their lives, and the people who have put them upside down" and "the people who have lost their lives". If a person loses himself in the material world and his or her nature in the secular world, this person is called an inverted citizen, which is totally reversed at the end of the article. So here, we really want to clarify two external obstacles: Material and secular. Material is often a kind of benefit, and we can lose a lot of our judgment,While Secular comments are often a kind of vision that can disrupt our values (Yu Dan Xinyu ).If a person is lost in things and truly has no one, and if a person is fascinated by his or her nature, then this person cannot find the true value and power of his or her own heart. How people do not lose, how do they do not get confused, is that we regard everything in front of us as a final journey, there are many beautiful things, we enjoy the present, the beautiful will pass. There are a lot of bitter things. We put it over, and the suffering will pass. This is what we say: there is a king who once got a rumor in his dream. Someone told him that in the world, you only need to remember one sentence, and you will never forget the gains and losses in this life, remember this sentence in the context of any big pet. When he woke up, he forgot this sentence. What should he do? What can he do if there is a sentence that can be used for life? What can this sentence do? Then he built a huge diamond ring for all the money in his palace. He told all his wise ministers that if you want to find this sentence for me, who will return it, I will give this diamond ring to anyone. One day, an old minister told him to give me your diamond ring first. Did he say you have found it? When the old minister did not speak, he took the diamond ring and engraved a sentence on the ring above. He gave the diamond ring back to the King and went for strength. At a glance, the King suddenly remembered this sentence in his dream. It was a faint sentence called "Everything will pass "! In fact, this sentence is what we all remember. The glory will pass, the shame will pass, the glory will pass, the suffering will pass, and everything around us is just the past, however, when our lives pass through, we need to investigate the quality of each present. So what is the true avenue of Heaven and Earth? The greatest truths are nothing more than rules. People of different ages have different situations, different levels of learning, and different origins. You may learn from others' experiences, but you must understand your own heart. Therefore, Chuang Tzu said, "Who are the good people between heaven and earth, and who truly understand their own hearts? He said that if the shepherd is a good goat, you may see that the shepherd is playing the whip. He is very kind to the whole herd, but who will he beat, the whip falls on the sheep, which is called the whip based on the latter. It must hit the sheep at the end. The sheep in front do not need to be beaten, let the last one step forward, and the whole herd will move forward. This theory exactly reflects a well-known theory of modern management. It is known as the barrel theory, that is, such a bucket. For example, it uses a lot of boards to hoop it, each Board has a high or low level. The management theory is that the amount of water that a cup can hold is never dependent on the highest board, but on the lowest board. There is always the last goat, and the shortest piece of board in the wooden barrel. So this is the avenue of heaven and earth. Why does it mean nothing in common, but it depends on everyone's understanding? Because we can only see what your shortest board is and what kind of life is inefficient? It is the kind of life that is not enough to benefit others, that is to say, some people's eyes always look at their highest board and always see their leader's head sheep, so this person has the capital to show off, he can always say, where is the highest score in my life? How awesome Are you looking at my head sheep? But the rest of the flock has been on the hill and I don't know how much is lost. He is still watching his head sheep, when he says that my highest board is higher than ordinary people's points, he doesn't know that the lowest board is reduced to zero, and his bucket is no longer saved. So you just need to ask, what is the last goat in my life, where is my shortest board. Only this kind of wisdom in life can give you the opportunity in the snow, instead of the icing on the cake. The icing on the cake is for others, while in the snow, it is for yourself (Yu Dan ).From this truth to look at the world, he said morality is not waste, morality is benevolent, nature is inseparable, and courtesy. In this world, if everyone has his morality in mind, do they need external etiquette? If the disposition of each person is not discrete and does not violate the true nature of the person, do they need external gifts? It is like taking a look at the morality that is often promoted and promoted by the media. Sometimes, such positive comments are below the moral bottom line. For example, in many places, we say that we should select filial piety, who, who, and whose parents are beside the patients, can they stay behind for ten or two years? How can we filial piety to our parents? Does this actually need media praise? This is already the bottom line for human beings. In other words, Zhuangzi believes that the simplest thing in the world is the true nature of the hearts of the people, and should not be deliberately promoted by a nonoisy voice, if we deliberately promote it, it means that we have already fallen below the bottom line. [Voiceover] Chuang Tzu believes that all principles and regulations are nothing more than the most natural truth in the hearts of the people. They are deliberately used in any external form, but Confucius believes that, etiquette is very important for a person or even a country. What is it between Chuang Tzu and Confucius? How should we understand the differences between Confucianism and Taoism? Here we can see that the real difference between Taoism and Confucianism is that Confucianism advocates etiquette, so that everyone can cope with others' social affairs with etiquette based on external behavioral norms, in addition, the rules and principles create a harmonious world, while Taoism advocates that everyone follows the internal morality and listens to the voice of freedom without any deliberate outside. It can be said that Confucianism and Taoism are born with mercy, chinese personality is nurtured, But Confucianism teaches us how to enter the world, how a person's self-realization takes root in the land, how to teach us how to be born in the world, that is, the transcendence of personality, let us have wings on the sky ( Confucianism teaches us the realization of ourselves, Taoism teaches us the transcendence of personality-Yu Dan Xinyu). What Confucianism teaches us is the ability to practice on the land, so there must be etiquette between people. What Taoism tells us is the ideal of flying in the sky, therefore, everyone must abide by their internal morality. In fact, the two are not a waste in our eyes. Although there are some conflicts between Confucianism and Taoism, some of them seem to be contradictory, but when they are applied to everyone, when we ask ourselves about our inner length and short length, it is nothing more than a complementary one. That is to say, in this world, what is really important is to recognize ourselves and conform to the path of our own life. This will reduce us from many detours. In many cases, we do not lose in our own speed, but in our own IQ. There is such a fable, that is, the antelope. We all know that the arms have no trace to seek. The antelope is one of the most agile and smart animals in the world. It bullied the tortoise and had to race against the tortoise. You think, this is not where it is, and the antelope is not generous. You win a game that must be won, and you want to challenge it, the tortoise agreed that I was racing against you. The first day promised to start the next morning and race against the same starting line. As a result, the antelope and the tortoise stood on the same starting line, and the arms of the antelope jumped out. It ran for a while in a hurry and stopped. He shouted proudly, "Where are you, Turtle ?" Suddenly it heard the grass not far from it, and the slow tortoise said, "I am here, run now." Why did the antelope jump before it, the antelope began to throw and run again. After a while, he said, "Have you followed me ?" Suddenly, the turtle in the grass, which is several steps away from it, said slowly, "I have already exceeded you. Please run ". This antelope began to be very confused, and ran for a while, and then asked the tortoise to answer the question. It was a few steps earlier than it, and finally ran to the end in extreme frustration, it was found that the tortoise was still there. Is that true? The antelope admitted that he was defeated and his speed was useless, but he did not know the real secret. It was the first night after the agreement was made, the tortoise mobilized the entire family, and on the way it was going through, there was a tortoise not far away, that is to say, there was one of the dozen turtles at the end of the day, waiting a few steps ahead. When the antelope ran to ask where it was, there was a tortoise answering the question, saying that I was over you, finally, the antelope was defeated by the illusion that it admitted that it had failed. What is this? It tells us that in this world, Intelligence is more important than speed, and judgment is more advanced than skill (Yu Dan Xinyu ).Chuang Tzu's opinion is that the world will return to the original truth, that is to say, to put a lot of externally promoted morality first less, do not over-trust a lot of show-off skills, let's go back to this simple and original world. He even had a stimulating saying about the world. As we all know, it is called the hacker. the hacker is called the princes, and the princes are honest and honest. He thinks that in this world, thanks to our treasure, everyone is competing. This kind of small competition, when the competition truly becomes a big competition, may lead to a country leader. Then he raised his hand to a man, Tian chengzi, who was Chen Heng, A Qi-guo doctor. During his 14th year, he killed Qi Jiangong and captured Qi, however, he has been in the 12th world since he became a hero of Qi. Therefore, Chuang Tzu used this principle to say that Tian chengzi, a man, was able to kill the monarch and take a country. Therefore, although he was a thief, he could be named sage, can we believe in this world? [Voiceover] competition in modern society has stirred up, and even some people have no choice to gain benefits and reputation. Professor Yu Dan believes that the significance of Zhuangzi to our modern people lies in the fact that there are more simple and natural insides in our hearts and less opportunistic deliberate behaviors. Otherwise, we may lose ourselves in this world, but how can we truly bring our limited lives into the path of nature? How can we make our own limited streamer truly enter the nature of the road without waste? Chuang Tzu said that nothing is bleak, but it is perfect. A person's own behavior, to do nothing, let the calm down, not panic, this is in line with the virtues of heaven. In many cases, life will fall into a desperate situation. After we fall into a desperate situation, we can truly go out by relying on our clear judgment and calm bottom of our hearts. At this time, who leads us. I once saw a real story about a group of archaeological geology students who followed their professors to explore a millennium cave. In this ancient cave, it is said that the formation of crystal stone exists, so they always wanted to go in and have a look, but they also said that this ancient cave is very deep, and many people went in to the cave, so we regard this place as a desperate place. Therefore, these students have brought a lot of equipment, lighting lights, torch, and a lot of compass, all of which have been well equipped. Under the guidance of the professor, this hole is entered. The cave turned back to the peak, and a great hole was a great cave. So they climbed through the cave layer by layer and crossed the ground layer by layer. Finally, they finally went to the deepest part of the cave and saw the crystal stone in their pipeline. When they saw all these crystal stones, they were amazed. They thought it was really a waste of this trip. Then they took a sample, almost the same as so many holes, almost every hole can go out, and how can they go out, these students suddenly become confused, only to find that it is costly to arrive here, there is no debate. At this time, their professor gave a sigh of relief, saying that there were still signs left by our predecessors. You see, there was limestone marking at an intersection, and we went out here. Then everyone went out, and the professor took a lamp, and every time he went there, he said, there was also the mark of his predecessors. He was always the first person to discover the mark, then everyone followed him along the mark of a limestone and finally came out. When we finally saw the sun, the students suddenly fell onto the ground, and some people burst into tears, saying that we could not go out without the guidance of our predecessors. At this time, the professor quietly pulled out a small piece of limestone from his pocket. In fact, all the signs of coming in were that the professor had traveled all the way without the guidance of his predecessors, originally, what they explored was a desperate situation. Originally, they could not go out of danger, but they relied on their own intentions to follow their own paths and bring them out of this desperate situation. In fact, this is like the experience of a person's life. For a brilliant goal, or for the material interests of temptation, we may all forget the risks and do not mark them along the way, we just plunged into it. At the end, we will find that there is no backend. Looking back at the world, the sky is bright and bright. When we don't argue about the future, will we still have the ability to let us go back to the beginning and see the sun again? At this time, we thought of it. Why did we forget to mark our retreat with a passion and a goal? In fact, this is what we are truly lost in the world. There is a fable, saying that a young man bet with a wise old man that he has caught a small young bird in his hand and held it in his hand. He said, wise man, since you can understand everything, tell me, is this weak bird in my hand dead or alive? The young man thinks that he is winning. He wants the old man to say that if the bird is a living bird, he can throw it to death with a slight move on his index finger. If the old man says that the bird is dead, A bird in his hand will fly, and the old man will lose. [Voiceover] Can a wise young man beat a wise old man? What kind of answer does the old man give? What kind of inspiration does the old man's answer give us? (Repeat, omitted) at this time, the old man said a word to him, called "life in your hands "! Every person's life is no different from such a bird. Every person faces this bird and can be born and dead. They can have our hearts of heaven and earth, so there are too many stories, lie in fables and wise men. In Tiandao, he said that Yao and Shun had different attitudes in the past. Shun first asked Yao: Could you tell me how you managed the world? What kind of heart do you use to face the world? Yao replied: "I will never despise people who have no complaints or opinions. I will never abandon poor people, I have compassion for children, and I have compassion for women and disadvantaged groups. Then I face all these people with this kind of heart, this is my heart. Yao's point of view actually represents Confucianism, that is, compassion for the whole world, especially for disadvantaged groups. Shun gave him a comment saying, "the beauty is beautiful, but not big." It is good and beautiful to say your thoughts, but the realm is not wide enough, so Yao asked him, but what is it? What are you talking about? So Shun said, "the day and the month are four hours." The Day and the month are four hours. "The Day and the moon are generated there. The earth is peaceful, and the sun and the moon are shining in the world, the whole world is always running like this. If there is a calendar day and night, and the cloud is just like rain, the world seems to have its clear rotation boundaries during the day and night, and the sky is clouds, and the Earth is raining. That is to say, everything in the world is natural. This is what I call Big. After listening to his words, Yao said, "I understand that the heart I said is a human path, and what you said is a means of heaven, the path of heaven is the greatest Avenue. It can be said that the whole external world is the best teacher in life. Only you immerse yourself in it and truly perceive the so-called one flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi, and have a thorough understanding on the grass, then we can understand the principle of everything. There was a fable, saying that an old chief told the young man in his tribe that you should go on a journey and enter your life. In this life, I only need to give you six words. I will give each of you a piece of paper with the first three words. You will go out and go to the world. After you have made meritorious deeds, you will come back to fetch the last three words from me. These young people took a small piece of paper and went across the world. They experienced their own honors and insults. at every moment, they would see these three words, simply saying "Don't Be Afraid ", do not be afraid of anything. When they are in middle age, they already have honors, or when they are poor, when they have crossed too many missed opportunities, or they can start from scratch, they came back to ask the old chief for the last three words, either with the wind or the glory. The last three words they saw were "don't regret ". That is to say, do not be afraid of the first half of a person's life, and do not regret it in the latter half. In fact, life is nothing more than your full-hearted efforts. The philosophers of the West, the wise man of the east, and the avenue of Heaven and Earth combine with this theory. Life is limited and the stream of light is bitter and short. between heaven and earth, the hearts of every one of us, or Confucianism or Taoism, conform to the great law of nature, in the end, the fulfillment of every life means that every person's life is in our own hands.

 

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