Work as skillfully as a skilled butcher cuts the carcass of a cow-do sth very skillfully/professionally.

Pre-Qin Dynasty: Zhuang Zhou

My life is limited, but so is my knowledge. With restrictions, there is no restriction, and it is almost there! It's almost enough for people who already know! Good has no near name, and evil has no near punishment. The Governor thinks that classics can preserve our health, nurture our life, support our loved ones and last for several years.

My skilled hands, my shoulders, my feet, my knees and my knife are all in harmony. The dance combined with mulberry forest is a chance for quiet life.

Wen said, "Hey, good! So much for technical coverage? "

My master let go of his knife and said to him, "I am a good minister and I am proficient in technology." When the first minister solved the cow, he saw nothing but the cow. I haven't seen all the cows for three years. At this time, I saw God instead of looking at him. Zhi Zhi was an official and wanted to do something. According to heaven, we should criticize and guide the big ones, because the technology and experience are certainly not bad, but the situation is excellent! A good man is a better cutter; There are many knives and many folds in the family month. Today, I killed thousands of cows with my sword for nineteen years, but if the blade is new. There is a gap between people for a while, but the blade is not thick; Without thickness, there will be room for recovery, so 19 years, the blade is still new. Although, as for the competition, I think it is difficult, it is a warning that it is too late to act now. The knife is very small, and what should be solved has been solved, such as land. Stand with a knife, look around, aim high, and hide it with a knife. "

Wen said, "Good! I listened to my master and I have to stay healthy. "

Second, translation.

My life is limited, but my knowledge is infinite. It is really dangerous to pursue infinite knowledge with limited life! There is danger, but also the persistent pursuit of knowledge, then there is nothing but danger. You don't need fame to do good, and you don't need punishment to do bad. With the aim of following the nihility of nature, you can protect your life, preserve your nature, save the opportunity of new life and enjoy all your years.

My master is Liang Zainiu. Hands touching the ground, shoulders leaning on the ground, feet treading on the ground, knees touching the ground, there is no rhythm when entering the knife: it conforms to the rhythm of Sanglin (in Tang) dance music and Jing Shou (in Yao) music.

Liang said, "Hey, good! How can technology (you know cows) be so superb? "

My mechanic put down his knife and replied, "I am pursuing Tao (a function word with no specific meaning, which can be translated into the laws of nature), which has surpassed the general technology." At first, when I slaughtered the cow, I saw a complete cow in my eyes; Three years later, I have never seen a complete cow (meaning: I only saw a little cow, that is, I only saw how to solve it). Now, I am in contact with cows by spirit, not by eyes. My senses stopped, but my spirit was moving. According to the natural physiological structure of cattle, cut into the gap between the bones and muscles of cattle and eat along the gap between joints. According to the original structure of the cow, where the tendons and veins are connected and where the bones and muscles are combined, no knife has ever been used, let alone the big bones! Skilled chefs change a knife every year and cut it with a knife (just like we cut a rope with a knife); Skilled chefs have to change a knife every month, and the knife is broken by cutting bones (because they don't know how to cut, cutting bones is easy to break). Now, my knife has been used for 19 years, killing thousands of cows, but the blade is as sharp as if it had just been sharpened on a grindstone. There are gaps in the joints of cattle and the blade is very thin; If you insert a thin blade into a cracked bone joint, there must be room for the blade to operate! Therefore, for 19 years, the blade was only ground from the grindstone. Even so, whenever I meet a place where bones and muscles are intertwined, I see that it is difficult to cut, so I carefully raise my vigilance, focus on one point, slow down, move my knife very lightly, and with a sigh, the bones and meat of the cow are suddenly untied, just like mud scattered on the ground. I stood up with a knife in my hand and looked around. I am carefree and satisfied, then I clean it and collect it. "

Liang said, "Good! After listening to my words, I understand the truth of health. "

Extended data

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Cows are undoubtedly very complicated. How can I understand cows with one knife, and it's easy and simple? What is the reason? Because I have mastered its texture. Cattle and cattle are of course different, but no matter what kind of cattle, the texture is the same; Everyone's life also has its own characteristics, and the basic principles are similar. Because I am familiar with the texture of cattle, I naturally know where to cut it. So is life. If we can thoroughly understand and understand the truth of life and find out the laws, we can simplify complicated things and really relax like my master.

Be cautious when doing things everywhere, and keep a cautious attitude, converge and sharpen your edge. While knowing how to apply the law, you should practice it again and again, just like an expert who knows thousands of cows. Repeatedly, you will eventually realize the truth of things.

Human society is full of complex contradictions. People living in the world, only like experts to avoid contradictions, conform to nature, in order to maintain health and nourish the heart, and spend the rest of their lives safely.

Zhuang Zhou?

Zhuangzi (369-286 BC), a native of Zhou, Han nationality and Song (now Mengqiangsi Village, northeast of liangyuan district, Shangqiu City, Henan Province), was a thinker, philosopher, writer and one of the main founders of Taoism during the Warring States Period. Zhuangzi's ancestors belonged to the clan of the State of Chu. Later, due to the civil strife in the State of Chu caused by the Reform of Wuqi, their ancestors moved to the Mongolian land in the Song Dynasty to escape the crimes of foreign sects.

Zhuangzi only worked as an official in the local lacquer garden all his life, and advocated freedom, which should not be used by Chu Weiwang. The inheritor and developer of Laozi's thought. Later generations called him and Lao Zi "Lao Zi". Their philosophical ideology is praised as "Laozi and Zhuangzi's philosophy" by the ideological and academic circles. The representative works include Zhuangzi, and the famous articles include Free Travel and On Wuqi.