Original: Autumn water comes, the four seas irrigate the river, and the Jinghe River is big. Between the cliffs of Zhu Yiqing on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, there is no distinction between cattle and horses. Therefore, he was so happy that he took the beauty of the world for himself. Follow the current to the east. As for the North Sea, looking eastward, there is no end to the water. So Yan Hebo began to turn his face, looked at the ocean and sighed: "There is a saying in the wild:' I know Pepsi and think I am self-sufficient', that's what I call it." -Zhuangzi's "Autumn Water in Zhuangzi" 40 Zhuangzi Fable

When autumn comes, it rains heavily and countless small streams flow into the Yellow River. I saw that the waves were rough and the river surged, flooding the sandbar in the middle of the river and flooding the depression on the shore. The river suddenly widened, and even the cattle and horses on the other side of the river could not be distinguished from each other.

What a spectacular sight! Hebo couldn't help feeling smug when he thought that all the water in the world had come to him. He walked eastward with the running water, enjoying the waterscape as he walked.

He came to the North Sea and looked east. He was not surprised, but when he saw the connection between water and the sky, he didn't know where the end of the water was.

Hebo looked blankly for a while, then turned to the sea and said with emotion, "As the saying goes,' People who know the truth think they are better than anyone else'." That's who I am! "

Moral: no mountains, no flat land; Without the sea, there is no flow. There is a mountain outside the mountain, and there is a sky outside. Each of us is actually very small.

2. Skills of killing dragons

Original: Zhu's philosophy learned to kill dragons in a fragmented way. It took him three years to succeed, but he didn't use his own intelligence.

Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi Lieyu Kou

There was a man named Zhu who was bent on learning a skill that no one else had, so he went to Suiyi to learn the skill of killing dragons. It took him three years, spent all the assets in his family, and finally learned the skill of killing dragons.

Zhu went home triumphantly. However, where can you kill dragons in the world? As a result, the technology he learned was useless at all.

Moral: Learning must proceed from reality and stress practical results. If divorced from reality, no matter how great the skill is, it will be useless.

3. Play with sparrows with pearls

Original: Today, there is this person, following Hou Mingzhu, playing a thousand birds, and the world will laugh at it. What is this? Then the person who uses it is heavy, and the person who wants it is light. Hou's pearls are very precious treasures. ) Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi Qin Wang"

There was a man who liked to shoot birds, but he shot a sparrow flying thousands of feet in the air with pearls as pellets. People laughed at him when they saw it. What is the reason? This is because the price paid is too expensive and the gain is too slight.

Moral: No matter what you do, you should pay attention to the weight of gains and losses. It is a very foolish act to throw away something valuable for something that has no value at all.

4. Pengcheng Wan Li

Original: There is a bird named Peng, whose back is like Mount Tai and whose wings are like clouds hanging down to the sky. It is the Nine Wan Li who blew the horn to reach the summit. Without clouds and sky, going south is also suitable for the south. The bird that refused Ann smiled and said, "He is a good friend! I'm jumping up, but I'm counting down and flying among Artemisia, which is also flying, which is also pleasant! " Zhuangzi's "Happy Travel in Zhuangzi"

In ancient times, there was a bird named Peng. Dapeng bird's back is as high as Mount Tai. When it flies, its wings are like clouds covering the sky.

Once, Dapeng bird flew to the South China Sea. It beats the water with its wings on the surface of the South China Sea, and it takes 3,000 miles to flap it. It flew high into the sky, rolled up a storm and flew out of Wan Li in one fell swoop. It flies out once, and it takes half a year to fly back to the South China Sea to rest. When it flies high into the sky, its back is facing the blue sky, but the clouds are below it.

Xiao An Bird, who lives in a depression, is puzzled to see Dapeng Bird flying so high and so far. He said, "Where else does he want to fly?" We flew, but we dropped a few feet. We flew around wormwood, which is considered to be flying to the edge. Where does Dapeng bird want to fly? "

Moral: A short-sighted person cannot understand the pursuit of ambitious people.

5. Skillful cow solving

My skillful hands, shoulders, feet, knees, knives and tenors are all integrated with the dance of "Sanglin", which is the meeting of the "first classics". Wen said, "Hey, good! So much for technical coverage? " My master released the knife and said to him, "I like Tao;" I'm entering the technical field. 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. Depending on nature, Otani should be approved and guided, because its courses, skills and experience are not bad, but what about carts and melons? 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; With thickness, there is space, and there is room for recovery! It's been 19 years, if the blade is new. Although, whenever it comes to clans, I see difficulties, but I take them as a warning. Looking at it now, it is too late to move the knife, and it has been solved. For example, the Land Commission has come forward with a knife, looking around, and is full of ambitions. Hide with a good knife. " Wen said, "Good! I listened to my master and I have to stay healthy. " Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi Health Master

My master is Liang Zainiu. When you reach out, lean on your shoulders, step on your knees, the sound is very harmonious, just like beautiful music, which is in line with the melody of Yao Shi's Jing Shou. That movement is also very rhythmic, just like the beautiful dance of Sanglin. When King Hui of Liang saw God, he praised him and said, "Ha, good! How did your technology reach such a superb level? " My master put down his knife and said to Liang, "I like exploring the Tao, which is a step further than ordinary technology." When I started dissecting a cow, I saw a whole cow. I don't know the internal structure of the cow's body, and I don't know where to start. Three years later, what I saw was the gap between the bones of the cow, not the whole cow. Today, I kill cattle by feeling, and I don't need to look with my eyes to know how to use the knife. The organizational structure of cattle is regular. Where I entered the knife, there was a gap between the muscle and the bone. I never touched the cow's bone, let alone the big bone. A skilled cook has to change a knife every year because he cuts it with a knife. The average chef changes a knife every month because he cuts it with a knife. The knife I used to kill cattle has been used for 19 years; Thousands of cows have been slaughtered, but the blade is still as sharp as if it had just been sharpened on a millstone. Why is this? It is because there are gaps between the organizational structures of cattle. Compared with these gaps, the blade is as thin as if there is no thickness at all. It is certainly more than enough to run between tissues with gaps with a knife without thickness! So 19 years later, my knife is as good as new. Although my skill has reached this level, I still dare not be careless when dissecting a cow. I'm always careful and absorbed. There is no hurry or too much force when entering the knife. The cow body was solved, and the beef slipped from the skeleton to the ground like a pool of soil. Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief, stood there with a knife, looked around, wiped the knife with satisfaction and put it away. "Forty fables of Zhuangzi.

Hearing this, Liang said happily, "Great. After listening to your words, I understand the truth of self-cultivation. "

Moral: Everything in the world has its own laws. If you master the laws of things, you will be able to handle things with ease.

Topic: Let nature take its course, follow its laws and get twice the result with half the effort.

6. Deer Hou raises birds

Once upon a time, seabirds stopped in the suburbs of Lu, and the duke of Lu was an emperor and lived in a temple. Playing Jiu Shao is a pleasure, but this kind of music is too strong for dinner. The bird was dazzled by sadness, and dared not eat or drink a cup. Three days later, it died. This is raising birds by yourself, not by birds.

Zhuangzi's The Joy of Zhuangzi

Once upon a time, a seabird landed on the outskirts of the capital of Lu. Lv Hou thought it was a divine bird, so he was caught and personally greeted the ancestral temple, where he gave a respectful banquet and supported it. Every day, he played Jiu Shao, an ancient music, and arranged for it to eat. Lv Hou's hospitality makes seabirds dizzy and afraid, and they dare not eat any meat or drink a glass of water. Three days later, they died. Lv Hou keeps birds as his own way of enjoyment, not according to the bird lifestyle. The bird was scared to death by him.

Moral: Do things regardless of the object, act according to your own likes and dislikes, and good intentions will also screw things up.

Topic: Do things with pertinence, or you will fail.

7. Old people stick to cicadas

Original: It's a pity to go out of the forest and see those rickety ones. Zhong Ni said, "What a coincidence! Is there evil? " He said, "I have an idea. In May and June, tired pills don't fall, and losers bargain; If you are tired of three, you will lose eleven; It's a pity to be tired. I am in the same place, if I am trapped; I grabbed my arm like a branch. Although the world is big, there are many things, but only the wings know; I don't object, I don't pat the wings of everything, why not! " Confucius pointed to his disciples and said, "No matter what your ambition is, it is condensed in God, and those who stoop are called it!" " Zhuang zi sheng da of Zhuangzi

When Confucius went to Chu, he passed by a forest and saw an old man with a hunchback, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand and inserting cicadas. The old man is very skilled. As long as he wants to stick to cicadas, no one can escape, just like picking up cicadas. Confucius said in surprise, "You are so skilled that there must be a way!" "

The hunchback old man said, "I do have an idea." When cicadas stick in May and June in summer, if you can put two balls on the top of the bamboo pole to prevent them from falling, cicadas rarely run away when they stick; If you don't drop three cicadas, only one cicada can escape from ten cicadas. Sticking cicadas is as easy as picking things up with your hands if you don't drop five dollars. Look at me standing here, as steady as a rock; I raised my arm, motionless as a dead branch; Although the world around me is boundless, everything in the world is colorful, and I only have cicada wings in my eyes. Nothing outside can distract my attention, nor can it affect my attention to cicada wings. How can I not stick cicadas? "

Hearing this, Confucius turned to his disciples and said, "If you concentrate on your skills, you can practice to perfection. This is what the hunchback old man said! "

Moral: If a person can eliminate all external interference, concentrate and study hard, he can master an excellent skill.

8. Frog in the well

Frog at the bottom of the well ... refers to the East Turtle, saying, "Have fun with you! Get out of the jumping beam on the well pole and enter the cliff without rest; If you go to the water, you will hold your arms, and the mud is not enough to destroy; There is nothing I can do to fight shrimp, crab and family. It is also good for a husband to be kind to the water in a valley and enjoy the well. Master Xi comes to watch from time to time! " The tortoise in the East China Sea hasn't entered its left foot yet, and its right knee has been embarrassed. So he wandered around and said to the sea, "a thousand miles is not enough;" A thousand meters high is not deep enough. At that time, ten years and nine years, water benefits; There was seven droughts in eight years in the soup, and the cliff was not damaged. It is also a great pleasure that the East China Sea does not last long and does not advance and retreat many times. " So the frog in the well heard it, and he was shocked and lost the rules. Zhuangzi's Autumn Water in Zhuangzi

A frog living in a shallow well boasted to a big turtle from the East China Sea, "How happy I am to live here!" " When you are happy, jump out of the well and climb onto the railing to have fun. When you are tired of playing, go back to the well, hide in the hole on the wall and rest comfortably. When I jumped into the water, the well water only submerged my armpit and gently held my chin; Mud just passed my foot, soft and comfortable. Look at the shrimps, crabs and tadpoles around. No one is as happy as I am. Besides, I own a well water and enjoy it to my heart's content. This kind of life is really beautiful. Why not come in and have a look! "

The giant turtle accepted the invitation of the well frog and was ready to go to the well to have a look, but its left foot had not stepped in, and its right leg had been caught by the railing by the well, so it had to slowly back off, stand by the well and tell the frog about the wonder of the sea: "How big is the sea?" Even using thousands of miles to describe it can't express its grandeur, and using a mountain as a metaphor can't compare with its depth. In the Yu Xia era, there were nine years of heavy rain and floods in ten years, and the sea level did not rise at all; When I was in Shang Tang, there were seven years of drought in eight years, the ground cracked and the coast didn't drop at all. It will not change because of the length of time, nor will it increase or decrease because of the amount of rainfall. Living in the East China Sea is really happy! "

Well frog listened, surprised for a long time and didn't speak. Only then did it know how small it lived.

Moral: If people confine themselves to a narrow world for a long time, they will become short-sighted and complacent.

Topic: blind complacency and narcissism will bring people a laughing stock.

9. Craftsman's stone axe

Man's chalk is slow, and his nose is like a fly's wing, which makes the craftsman stone it. The craftsman's stone has become a common practice, and it will be heard without hurting the nose and standing without damaging the capacity. Hearing this, Song called the craftsman Shi and said, "Try it for me." The craftsman said, "I can taste it." Although the quality of the minister has been dead for a long time. " Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi Xu has no ghost.

There was a man in Chu who had a little white mud on the tip of his nose, as thin as the wings of a fly. Let a craftsman named Shi cut it down with an axe. When the craftsman waved the axe, he only heard a gust of wind, and his hand fell off the axe. The white mud was cut clean, but his nose was not damaged at all. People who are cut are not afraid at all.

When Song heard about this, he called the craftsman Shi and said, "Let me see it again!" " The craftsman stone said, "I can cut it, but those who dare to cut me have been dead for a long time."

Moral: No matter what you do, you must have a good partner. If you don't have a good partner, your skills will be hard to play.