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Chapter 801: Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things" Vernacular Text (4)


Therefore, the saints do not go to the bottom of things, do not find out the ultimate origin of things and what will eventually change into them.

Instead of pursuing things that are meaningless, we observe and compare things with their current conditions.

Put two things together and compare them, and then make the right judgment.

That is to say, human beings imitate the behaviors and virtues of animals, plants, heaven and earth to live, and take the behaviors and virtues of animals, plants, heaven and earth as life mentors to guide us to live a healthy and correct life.

Everything includes the other and this, there is the other and this, there is you and me, we are a whole, we can't make ourselves independent, think that only ourselves.

Human beings are the same, don't make yourself independent, the world is the only one.

Man is only a part of nature, coexisting with all things in nature.

Everything has its own independence and its own unique content.

These include the other and the other, right and wrong, you and me, and so on.

Anything, if we subdivide it further, will divide into an infinite number of independent entities.

If you subdivide these independent entities, you can subdivide them into countless and infinite.

For example, human beings are just a part of nature, just a species, just like other species in nature.

But when we take it as an independent individual, we become human beings.

And if you subdivide people, they will be divided into limbs, five internal organs, and so on.

If you subdivide the limbs and the five internal organs, you can divide into countless and endless.

Does a thing really exist between the other and these two aspects?

In fact, there is no opposition to each other.

Because they are one.

It mainly depends on the perspective from which we stand.

From a higher point of view, they are one, and from a lower point of view, they are independent.

If it is independent, then there is right and wrong, right and wrong, and so on.

For example, when we stand on people's point of view, there is no distinction between hands, feet, limbs, and internal organs.

Because the hands, feet, limbs, and internal organs belong to man.

And if we look at the problem from a lower perspective, from the perspective of the hands or feet or the five organs, then there is a distinction between hands and feet, and there is a distinction between various organs.

If we can understand these truths, then we have attained enlightenment.

If we understand the truth, we will look at things differently in the future, and we will see endless changes in things.

"Yes" is infinite, and "no" is infinite.

Why do we say that "yes" is infinite and "non" is also infinite, it depends on which position and angle we stand on this issue.

For example, if we take people as individuals, we can divide them into infinite parts.

Human beings are made up of limbs, flesh and bones, blood vessels, internal organs, and so on.

If you subdivide it, it can be divided into countless parts.

If we look at people from the standpoint and perspective of the Tao, then people, like all things, are Tao.

If we stand from the perspective of the earth, man and everything on the earth belong to the heaven and earth.

So what angle do we need to look at?

Look at things.

Therefore, don't look at things from the perspective of the individual.

It is necessary to look at things and problems from a higher angle and standpoint.

Look at things from the perspective of the Tao.

It is better to use a white horse to understand that a horse is not a horse, than to use a non-horse to understand that a horse is not a horse.

Horses are not horses, and other things are not things, they are all part of heaven and earth.

Just like the five organs in our human body, can we still distinguish each other, they are all part of the human body.

Heaven and earth are one, and all things are part of heaven and earth.

Therefore, where are there any white horses and non-horses, where are there still people, things, you and me, just like the five organs in our human body, can we still divide each other, they are all part of the human body.

Do you have to separate each other, do you have to subdivide each other, and then divide them into countless independent individuals, and then subdivide these independent individuals into each other?

In the same way, we still have to divide Confucianism and Mohism into arguments about who is right and who is wrong, and at a higher level, the issues debated between Confucianism and Mohists are just to make human beings live better.

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Do we still need Confucianism or Mohism to guide our lives, and are we stupider than Confucianism or Mohist advocates?

We are all stupid people, and only those who have studied Confucianism or Mohist thought are smart people The Tao is formed spontaneously and is not deliberately pursued.

And things are subdivided because people have cognition.

Before human beings knew it, there was no distinction between things and things, there was no distinction between people and beasts, and there was no concept of things.

What is right, standing on your own point is right.

What is incorrect, it is incorrect to judge and treat others from your own standpoint.

How can you tell if something is right or not?

From the perspective of an independent individual, each thing has its own independence and uniqueness, which is different from other independent individuals.

Everything is like this, it has its own independence, uniqueness, and distinguishes it from other independent individuals.

Therefore, it is correct to stand on your own side.

It is not right to judge and treat others from your own standpoint.

We can cite these examples to illustrate why there is such a difference between small grass stalks and tall pillars, ugly women and beautiful Shih Tzus, magnanimity, strange changes, deceitfulness, weirdness, etc., and the same plants, people, shapes, changes, deceitfulness, and weirdness From the perspective of the Tao, they are all one, a part of heaven and earth.

Since it is a part of heaven and earth, it is the same as the five organs in the human body, what is the difference, and what is the difference between you and me, isn't it?

It is because we have divided them into grass and trees, into ugly women and beautiful women, and by the shape of things wide and narrow, by the change and non-change of things, by observing the changes of things, by the good and the bad according to the faithful and treacherous, and by the normal and abnormal of things.

It is precisely because we subdivide things and do not look at the root of the problem from the Tao and the whole.

If we stand on the principle that human beings and all things are part of heaven and earth, that is, they are part of the human body just like the five internal organs in the human body, we will still argue and argue about you and me, distinguish each other, your family and me, your country and our country, and patriotism and unpatriotism So when we subdivide things, we look at things from a lower, smaller level.

So there is a debate between Confucianism and Mohism in this world.

Therefore, human society is chaotic and ruined.

If we look at things from a higher level, we will find that everything is one and the same.

Just like the five internal organs in our human body, they are all part of the human body.

Only those who know what the Tao is can understand this truth.

So they don't go into the context of how things change.

Those who get to the bottom of it are using, studying, and it is a good thing, and it is easy for us to understand the reason.

When we understand that things come through constant change, this is the beginning of understanding, also known as "attaining the Tao", and understanding the "Tao".

We must not only study it repeatedly, but also study it from different angles and realms.

Don't just study from a fixed angle, don't study from the perspective of people, but study from the perspective of the unity of heaven and earth, and from the perspective of the source of the universe.

In this way, we will truly "attain the Tao." aa2705221: