The master of keeping in good health is an article by Zhuang Zhou, a philosopher and writer in the Warring States Period, which is contained in Zhuangzi's Inner Chapter. This is an article about keeping in good health. The full text is divided into three parts.

The first part is the general outline of the whole article, pointing out that the most important thing in keeping in good health is to adhere to the virtual Tao in things and adapt to the changes and development of nature; The second part uses the story of knowing how to treat cows to compare people's health, which shows that people should follow the laws of things in life and avoid the entanglement of right and wrong and contradictions;

The third part shows that the sage's attitude towards life, which keeps pace with the times instead of sticking to things, is to do his best, even doomed, and embodies the author's philosophical thought and life purport. The article describes vivid images and details, and the story contains reasoning, which is interesting and enlightening.

When Guan Wenxuan saw Mr. Right, he was surprised and said, "Who is this? Why only one foot? Is this natural or man-made? " Teacher You said, "This is natural, not man-made.

God gave me only one foot. According to the appearance of ordinary people, God will give me two feet. So I know that God intended me to grow a foot, not man-made. "

A pheasant living in a swamp can only walk ten steps to get a bite of food and one hundred steps to get a mouthful of water, but it doesn't want to be locked in a cage. Although I am full of energy in the cage, I am not happy.

When he died, Qin lost his mourning, cried three times and left. The disciple asked, "Isn't he a friend of the teacher?" The answer is: "Of course." "So, how about this mourning?"

Qin Shi said, "Of course. At first I regarded him as an ordinary person, but now I don't see him that way. I went in to offer my condolences just now. An old man is crying for him, just like crying for his son. There are young people crying for him, just like crying for their mother.

Those who are crying must have cases where they don't want to mourn, but they want to mourn and don't want to cry. This kind of situation is to abandon nature and add fuel to the secular feelings, forgetting that human life is subject to nature. In ancient times, this practice was called punishment against nature. When a person comes into the world by accident, he is born at the right time;

Accidentally left, which was his timely death. Be content with fortune, conform to nature, and all sorrows and joys can't enter your heart. In ancient times, it was called the liberation of nature. "

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