Once upon a time, a man bought an axe. He suspected that the neighbor's son stole it, and observed the way the man walked, like stealing an axe; Look at that man's look and expression, like an axe thief; Listening to him is more like an axe thief. The man's words and deeds are like an axe thief.
After the failure, the axe thrower dug out the axe in the valley, and then he looked at his neighbor's son carefully, feeling that he didn't look and act like an axe thief. Not the neighbor's son, but his own mentality. There is no other reason for the change, but it is blinded by prejudice.
Original text:
A man with a dead axe is interested in his neighbor's son and steals the axe according to his steps; Color, stealing axes; Words, stealing axes; The attitude of action is to do nothing without stealing an axe. Suddenly, he got his axe in the valley. He saw his neighbor's son again and again. His attitude was nothing like that of the man who stole the axe. The neighbor's son has not changed, but has changed; No one has changed. What's so special?
Brief introduction of the author
Liezi, named Yu Kou, also called Yong Kou, also known as Kou, the word cloud. Representative figures of Taoism in the early Warring States period. Putian, a native of Zheng (now Zhengzhou, Henan), was born after Shan. About the same time as Zheng. One of the ten outstanding figures in pre-Qin Dynasty, Taoist, thinker, philosopher, writer and educator.
Liezi is an important figure of Taoist school between Laozi and Zhuangzi, and another representative figure of Taoist school besides Laozi and Zhuangzi. His knowledge originated from Huangdi and Laozi, and he advocated that inaction should belong to Laozi and Zhuangzi, and was respected as a predecessor by Taoism. The pre-Qin school of philosophy (Liezixue) was founded, which had a far-reaching influence on later philosophy, aesthetics, literature, science and technology, health preservation, music and religion.
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