1, the original excerpt

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. "

2. Translation

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, where blood vessels are connected and bones are caked, no one has ever touched them 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. "

3. Source

From "Zhuangzi"

Extended data 1, appreciated.

The full text can be divided into four paragraphs. In the first paragraph, I wrote about skilled cattle's skilled movements and wonderful sounds. The second paragraph is followed by Wen Huijun's praise, which sets off my master's exquisite skills from the side; The third paragraph is my answer to Wen, mainly about the three stages of my reaching Tao.

In the fourth paragraph, Wen Huijun understood the truth of keeping in good health after listening. The article uses a variety of writing techniques, with rigorous structure and vivid and concise language, which embodies the wanton features of Zhuangzi's Wang Yang.

2. Introduction to the author

Zhuangzi was a thinker, philosopher and writer in the mid-Warring States period. Zhuang, Zi Zhou, Zi Xiu (also known as "Zi Xiu"), was born in Song Dynasty, and his ancestors were Gong in Song Dynasty. He founded Zhuangzi, an important school of philosophy in China. He is a representative of the Taoist school in the Warring States period after Laozi, and one of the main representatives of the Taoist school. Also known as Lao Zi and Lao Zi.

Zhuangzi advocated freedom and should not be employed by Chu Weiwang. He only worked as a lacquer garden official in the Song Dynasty. History is called "the proud official of Qiyuan" and is regarded as a model of local officials.

Zhuangzi first put forward the idea of "sage inside and king outside", which had a far-reaching influence on Confucianism. Zhuangzi has profound views on the Book of Changes, and profoundly pointed out that "the Book of Changes takes the way of Yin and Yang"; Zhuangzi's thought of "three tones" is consistent with the three talents in the Book of Changes. His masterpiece is Zhuangzi, among which the famous ones are Xiaoyao Tour and On Wuqi.

Zhuangzi's imagination is extremely rich, his language is freely used and flexible, and he can make some subtle and unspeakable philosophies fascinating. His works are called "literary philosophy, philosophical literature". It is said that he lived in seclusion in Nanhua Mountain, so at the beginning of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he named Zhuang Zhou as the South China Reality and his book Zhuangzi as the South China True Classic.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Skillful Niu Jie

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuangzi