A chef named Ding slaughtered cattle for Wen. Where his hand touched, where his shoulder leaned, where his foot stepped, and where his knee pressed, there was a loud sound, and the knife pierced the cow and snapped. There is no sound that is out of rhythm: it is in line with the rhythm of mulberry dance and Jing Shou's movements.
Wen said, "Hey, that's great! How can your technology be so clever? "
Chef Ding put down the butcher knife and replied, "What I like is the law of things, which goes further than technology. When I started slaughtering cows, I saw the whole cow; Three years have passed, and I have never seen the whole cow again; Now, I contact the cow with my spirit and don't look at it with my eyes anymore. My sensory perception has stopped, and I only use my mental activities.
Follow the natural structure of cattle, make a big gap and eat along the gap between joints; According to the original tissue of cattle, the place where blood vessels connect and bones agglomerate has never been touched with a knife, let alone thick bones! Good chefs change a knife every year, because they cut meat with a knife; Usually cooks change a knife every month because they use it to cut bones.
Now, my knife has been used 19 years. It killed thousands of cows, but the blade looked as if it had just been ground from a millstone. Because there are gaps in the joints of cattle, the blade is thin to no thickness. If you insert a blade without thickness into a seam with a gap, it will be very wide and spacious, and there will definitely be a lot of room for operating the knife.
So it has been used for 19 years, but it seems that the blade has just been ground from the millstone. Even so, whenever I meet a place where bones and muscles are intertwined, I find it difficult to deal with it, so I carefully guard against it, so my eyes are focused on one point and my movements slow down, making the knife very light. As a result, it opened with a bang and scattered on the ground like dirt.
I stood up with a knife, so I looked around, so I was carefree and satisfied, wiped the knife clean and collected it. "
Wen said: "Good! I listened to master's words and got the truth of maintaining my health. "
2. Original text:
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! Very 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 for it, be full of ambition, and hide it with a good knife. "
Wen said, "Good! I listened to my master and I have to stay healthy. "
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.
Extended data:
First, the creative background
Zhuangzi lived in the middle of the Warring States Period, which was a very intense social transformation period. China society has experienced great changes of "the high shore is the valley and the deep valley is the mausoleum". Social unrest makes people miserable, and people in troubled times are full of confusion about life and the future.
In view of the fact that people can't let their nature live freely in the cruel reality and can't enjoy life in the face of ruthless destruction, Zhuangzi was forced to be cautious at any time and place, adapt in time and not seek harm. He wants to find a gap in the joint of complex struggle, and use it as a comfortable nest to save his life, so as to survive in this troubled times with ease. This fable embodies this mentality.
Second, the analysis of related idioms
Description: Kenting: a kitchen worker; Solution: dismemberment and segmentation. Metaphor after repeated practice, grasp the objective laws of things, do things with ease and use them freely.
Grammar: subject-predicate type; As objects and attributes; It has a positive meaning and is often used with "easy"
Synonyms are balanced and convenient, just like armbands.
The antonym is at a loss and elongated.
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