A clever woman can't cook without rice is an fable written by Zhuangzi (Zhuang Zhou), a representative of Taoism in the pre-Qin period. The author's original intention is to use it to explain the way of keeping in good health, thus revealing the truth that people should conform to the laws of nature. The full text can be divided into four paragraphs.
In the first paragraph, I wrote about skilled cattle's skilled movements and wonderful sounds. The second paragraph is followed by Wen Huijun's praise, which sets off my master's exquisite skills from the side; The third paragraph is my answer to Wen, mainly about the three stages of my reaching Tao. In the fourth paragraph, Wen Huijun understood the truth of keeping in good health after listening.
The article uses a variety of writing techniques, with rigorous structure and vivid and concise language, which embodies the wanton features of Zhuangzi's Wang Yang.
Extended data:
The beauty of my answer is not limited to "skill". The reason why "skill stops here" is because "Tao" and "my lover, Tao also, skill also." And thus tells the story of seeking "Tao" and being good at "technique" This paragraph is the essence of the full text. In order to explain how "Tao" is superior to "technology", the article uses two contrasting contrasts.
One is the comparison between the beginning and three years later, and the other is the comparison between skilled workers and ordinary kitchen workers. At the beginning of my understanding of cattle, I saw a complete cow; Three years later, I haven't seen the whole cow, but I know the natural structure of the cow, the gap between bones and muscles and the joints like the back of my hand.
Ordinary kitchen workers do not understand the internal organization of cattle and blindly cut bones with knives; Although a good cook can avoid bones, he will inevitably cut tendons with a knife. My master is not. He didn't feel the cow with his senses, but "looked at the cow with his heart instead of his eyes, and he longed to walk with Zhi Zhi". He experienced the cow in spirit, followed the nature, chose the gap, split the tendon and led it to the empty joint, and followed the natural structure of the cow.